The bucolic, sleepy peninsula is home to "surf highway 45," so named due to its dense population of surf spots. It gets compared to Oahu's North Shore a lot, not because it gets huge like the North Shore, but because every little road leading to the ocean seems to have at least one surf spot on it.
We did not find surf.
We saw the potential, in spots like Stent Road and Fitzroy Beach, but it was super windy storm surf across the whole peninsula. Here's Jon with his bottom lip out as he compares what the surf guide says about Stent Road and what the place actually delivered (in the background you can see it gets an F):
It has been a week of searching for surf and coming up empty handed. Lots of beautiful scenery, some nice wines, friendly people etc etc, but we are starting to get surf starved.
So Jon pulled the emergency parachute, and directed the campervan at Raglan and floored it.
There is supposed to be fresh swell hitting Raglan, we know the spot, and it has some nice protection from the wind, which is what was killing the Taranaki surf. So we sacrificed adventure for a higher probability of getting in the water. Will let you know how it goes...
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