Check this stretch of coast north of Fiordland on the South island of NZ. Never seen so many potentially great set ups so close together.
hey steve
i posted a link in the roy thread to an article about someone discovering potentially the biggest wave ever in fiordland
as stated by gary elkerton
i think there planning an event but are not sure if its safe for jetski rescue crews
Yeah Paul I saw that article somewhere else and had a look at Fiordland, couldn’t see any breaks there, but north of there, definately looked good, I’d imagine it’d be too big and cold and windy in winter, but in summer it would be ok.
youd be waiting for the swell to drop
long period swells
there looks like some amazing setups eh!
last time i was at anatori it was about 15 ft and waves were breaking up the river
stuff that
west coast is hardcore
if you were real hardcore
you could walk in and stay in the huts
take a rifle for hunting and spend the summer surfing,discovering and hunting
what kind of animals are there in NZ to hunt?
They have these…
never mind…too easy
Your right lots of lefts and one big right set up!
…ahhhh, nevermind.
Some things like this should be left quiet and only for the hardy explorer!
Hardly that unknown and as finicky a place as can be…but never the less, no sense making it too easy…24 of you buggah’s got the map though. My bad.
1/24
not me
I can see
clearly now
thet likely I
not to bee
hikin an trappin
and spurtlin’
oat meal in da rain
waitin out a blow
for mankind
the voyuer in me wants to see
but
then again
I could watch Butts
in the sun at a neighboorhood beach
with far less effort.
Is it true?
Bjorn was the first
to surf the Fijord?
what did the polynesians
call them Fijorts
in appalacia
we calt em somtin different
didnt startleblast get an award
for some fijords?
deep dropoffs
mean no closeouts…
…ambrose…
is blacks an underwater fijord?
Plenty of deer, pigs, trout in the rivers… bountiful is the word that spring to mind.
You’d be doing us a favour getting rid of those bloody things.
My cousin and I never catch less than 10 fish in 2 hours every time we go out. But we know the spots of course, and have access that others don’t
I’m hanging out to do a full surfimnavigation of the South Island. Been all around there before, but not in my surfing days, back when I was a kid.
I think we have more coast line than the whole of the US? something like that. the majority of it has never been surfed, or if it has, it’s not by anyone you know, or anyone who’s telling.
Dammit, I just pushed NZ’s tourism frenzy up another notch…
Nahhh, couldn’t be any better than the stretch of land from Pt Conception to the tip of Baja.
oops, just my American Peniuous getting in the way again! Our waves are bigger, we don’t have any sheep, and our women wash with real soap too! And, And, And we can catch 30 fish in 30 seconds…so, so…there…Beat that!
watch out for those kiwi girls
byo is my advice
lol
i cant beat that resin head
you are undeniably exciting
I’ve got a Kiwi friend who lives in Wanaka, the spot near the coast on that Google map…They ski there for Chrissake…what business has anybody got being in the water when its that cold??? Far-out, this friend described her childhood town beaches at Dunedin in winter:- fucken big nasty Walrus’s and stuff. But there were some surfers apparrently…They must have had figs!
Personally I’m prefering the plan to bash through jungle to the coast in a tropical climate, avoiding machine-gun toting militia, Malaria and tigers.
Josh
dunedin is NZs premier wave zone
big, well insulated gonads for sure
i get icecream headaches every duck dive, up here in winter
Extreme cold or gunfire, the only way to thin the crowds these days.
Hi, If anyone is seriously considering exploring Fiordland, a surfer by the name of Colin “Collywobbles” Gavin, operates a surf charter out of Riverton, South Island NZ, I dont have his contact number however a message can be left for him at the Globe or the Aparima. Google Whitepages NZ, search Globe or Aparima,Riverton, Southland,you know, where all great seadogs have their offices, and ask for his contact details or leave a message. Colin knows Fiordland extremely well and gets all his charters back safely, it can be wild seas. I have had friends that have been with him and recommend him. Colin lost part of one of his legs in an accident on an oil rig in the seventies, hence the name that he is known by, Collywobbles.
MrT
Hey pinhead thats classic…
Imagine how lonesome you could be in the cold AND with a gun! Man, Winki at its best, all alone! WOOO…
I spose I’d better grow some figs for the cold again, I’m getting down there soon and 18 months in Queenslands made me…a Queenslander.
Anybody getting a good deal on a 4/3 and booties?
Josh
Yeah well, going from 19 degree water to 14 is going to take some adjusting. Figs will become raisins unless you get some quality rubberwear.