Muriwai is one of the most nothern Auckland West Coast Beach. The southern end of the beach features a left-hand point break and the massive long beach with good beach brakes, lefts and rights. It's known for its strong rips and when it's big some experience is required. I got a couple times in trouble myself here, from just being not cautious enough and unfit. If conditions are good beach can be packed and it helps a lot if you go to the northern car park past the gold course and walk up the beach ot use your 4 wheel drive to drive north for some privacy.
Spot Properties
- Attendance Week
- Ok
- Attendance Weekend
- Crowded
- Best Tide Position
- Mid and High Tide
- Best Tide Movement
- Rising Tide
- Dangers
- Rips undertow
- Frequency
- Regular
- Good Swell Direction
- South West
- Good Wind Direction
- East
- Holds up to
- 2.5m (8ft)
- Max Length of Wave
- Long (150m - 300m)
- Normal Length of Wave
- Normal (50m - 150m)
- Starts Working
- Less than 1m (3ft)
- Surf Level
- Experience Required
- Type of Bottom
- Sandy
- Type of Wave
- Beachbreak
- Wave Direction
- Left- and Righthander
- Wave Power
- Powerful
