Mangamaunu

Mangamaunu is an ESE-facing point break in Kaikōura, Canterbury, New Zealand. It picks up swell from ENE to SSW, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 40% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the WNW: light winds or WNW breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while ESE onshores chop it up.

Break

Point

Faces

ESE (117°)

Best swell

ENE to S (60°–180°), 12 s or longer

Best wind

WSW to NNW offshore, or glassy

Best surf height

3–8 ft at the beach

Swell window

ENE to SSW (59° to 198°)

Offshore wind

WNW

Tide

Model estimate

Wave buoy

None within 250 km

Cams

None yet