🇳🇿 Raglan
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Best directionW
Wind speed15–25kt
SeasonSep – Feb
Skill levelAdvanced
WaterLagoon + waves
Ridden forKitesurfing
New Zealand's premier wave-kiting destination, on the North Island's west coast — a huge lagoon for flat-water sessions, with real surf just outside at Ngarunui Beach for those who want it.
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Getting thereWest coast of the North Island, about 2 hours south of Auckland Airport (AKL) via State Highway 1 and Route 23. A car is required; free parking at Manu Bay or…
HazardsThe channel connecting the harbor to the ocean generates genuinely violent, rapid tidal current that can sweep a rider out to sea or into black volcanic rock…
Best time of dayAfternoon, when regional WSW winds get thermally accelerated across the flat harbor waters. Time sessions with high tide for…
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