Hedda and I spent our last night in the luxurious Britz camper at Solscape in the hills above Raglan. Pretty cool set up there with their abandoned train cars creating a trippy atmosphere. Beautiful crystal clear, offshore morning but no waves on the points. We took the drive around the points on the gravel road. Pretty slow and winding but with amazing views of the Tasman Sea. I did pull over at one point and spotted a nice looking left point at the bottom of a long steep valley, most likely only accessible by boat.
Just when we thought we'd past the road to the beach we found it. Black, black sand and a small Mako shark in the parking area obviously left by some locals to remind visitors where they are. The surf was offshore, head-high and pretty punchy. A few little barrels were there to be had. Unfortunately for those lonely waves I was surfing this long stretch of beachbreak and only saw 4 others all morning.
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what a view,, it is nice to see so much green, to bad about the surf,,, i know maybe just around the next corner!
hi mike, i just googled in raglan,, and what an incredible river mouth ,,,it looked like it is very rocky, making for a very stable ocean floor.. it must be good when its good ,, also when i think of it there must be large deposits of sand when storms carry to the sea... interesting place looking at it from the satellite. hasta la vista dad
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