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Mount Maunganui Main Beach

Break: Beach
Skill level: Intermediate
Best season: Summer to autumn
Crowds: Very high
Swell: NE, E, N
Wind: SW, W
Location: -37.6361, 176.1803

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Crowded lineup

The North Island's premier east-coast beach break, running along the foot of Mount Maunganui. Quality sandbars and NZ's busiest pro-contest beach.

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