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Stanmore Bay Point. Photo: KazzaMiller, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Stanmore Bay Point

Surf spot · New Zealand

Is it worth the trip?

21Poor out of 100 for your dates

Usually stay home

Every day scores the same, usually

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 21 out of 100

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Tue 3 · 21 out of 100

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Wed 4 · 21 out of 100

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Thu 5 · 21 out of 100

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Fri 6 · 21 out of 100

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Sat 7 · 21 out of 100

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Sun 8 · 21 out of 100

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No forecast for this spot on these dates. Usual weather for your dates

The spot in five facts

  • Faces NEtakes swell from the NE
  • Offshore: SWwind from the land
  • Beginner +who it suits
  • Works 4–17 ftof swell
  • Water 18 °C2 mm shorty

Usual weather for your dates

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Usual surf conditions at Stanmore Bay Point, each day of your trip
DaySwellEnergyWindTemp
Mon 2to 8usually2 ft6 s25kJSW20°C

No forecast for this spot on these dates. These are the usual readings for that week.

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Each place wears its best day on these dates, a surf spot for beginners: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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Photos of Stanmore Bay Point

Stanmore Bay (suburb) from Stanmore Bay
Photo: Bjankuloski06, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tarihunga Point from Stanmore Bay Beach
Photo: Bjankuloski06, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Stanmore Bay 02
Photo: russellstreet, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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About Stanmore Bay Point

Facing, offshore wind, exposure, level and swell range are estimated.

The spot faces NE (35°), so it takes swell from the NE. The wind blows offshore from the SW (215°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits beginners and up. It works in 4–17 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 2.1 km out (1 in 213). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 14°C in August, its coldest month (4/3 wetsuit and boots), and 22°C in February, its warmest (2 mm shorty). The town to stay in is Orewa, 6.4 km away (about 15 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 2 surf spots and 3 wind sports spots.

Water about 18°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,740–US$3,300 each

about US$1,740–US$3,300 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food, board and wetsuit.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn MDW to AKL, estimated from distance and season, changing at DFW, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$831–US$1,720
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$134–US$228
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$342–US$563
Food7 days eating outabout US$301–US$563
Board and wetsuit5 days, or about US$114 to fly your ownabout US$134–US$221
Totalabout US$1,740–US$3,300

For 2 people sharing a room. Lessons, lift-pass deals and insurance are extra. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: 3 towns

Closest

Whangaparāoa

8 min by car · 2 places to stay

about US$127/nightcountry average

See 2 places to stay in Whangaparāoa · Booking.com

About Whangaparāoa its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$127 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 25h 55m

About 25h 55m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → AKL, changing at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW), then 1h 10m by road

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