Rugged west coast
Trip Start
Feb 14, 2010
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Trip End
Sep 15, 2011
Greymouth, South Island, New Zealand
Sunday, June 26, 2011
The drive from Queenstown through the mountains out to the coast is one of my favorites, and the drive up along the coast equally as stunning. We camped on the beach along the way north, scouting for potential surf breaks, without the aid of our surf guide. It simply labels the entire west coast south of Greymouth as - wide open to explore, go figure it out. We arrived in Greymouth under gray skies, and perfect ocean conditions. A small swell was filling in and the wind was blissful offshore. So we chased a potential left break just north of town, found it, looked fun and with no one around, but couldn't figure out how to get down to the beach. Private development and impenetrable bush blocked the way. So we put on the wetsuits and went on a mission through the creek and down the waterfall to the beach! Damn good fun. Then jumped in the water for a couple hours of waves without anyone around. In fact, of the 5 times we surfed, 4 were completely alone. Hell yeah, that's how we like it!
After that, made the mission back up the creek waterfall, warmed up and thawed out, ate lunch, grabbed a coffee, filled the tank, and made the journey through the mountains along Arthur's pass back to Christchurch.
