(Clockwise from East)

East Side

• Doubtless Bay
  • V1 video
  • Matai Bay - Cable Bay 30 km V1 video
  • Matai Bay - Taupo Bay 37 km video
• Poor Knights Crossing - Tutukaka - Poor Knights Islands 28 km 2018 Race Video
  • reverse Poor Knights Islands - Tutukaka downwind video
• Oceans Beach - Tutukaka 17 -19 km?? video
• Orewa
  • (N to S) Otarawao (Sullivan’s Bay) in Mahurangi Regional Park to Orewa Beach 9-10 km
  • (SE to NW) Army Bay to Orewa Beach 15 km
• Red Beach - Army Bay 10 km Downwindfun
• Auckland Area
  • French Bay (end of Otitori Bay Road) to Cornwallis Wharf. 9km. Semi sheltered start then a good building run down to the wharf.
  • Glendowie to Akarana Ocean Paddlers HQ 8 km video, video
  • Hobsonville to Okahu Bay 16+ km video
  • Manukau Harbour
    • Cornwallis Beach - Onehunga 17-18 km video, Downwindfun
  • Mission Bay - Karaka Bay 12 km - calm day video
  • Rangitoto Beacon - Okahu Bay ~ 8 km video
  • Okahu Bay video out and back from Akarana Clubhouse
  • Takapuna laps video
    • Takapuna Boating Club focus on surfski
  • Waiheke - Auckland Harbour 35-50 km Downwindfun
  • Waikowhai (end of Waikowhai road off Hillsborough Road) to Cornwallis Wharf. 14km. Great course with ENE wind. The bumps will increase the further we go down the track.
  • Waitemata Harbour video
  • Whangaparaoa Peninsula - Takapuna Boating Club 23 km
  • West Park Marina - Royal Akarana Yacht Club 15 km video
• Tauranga
  • Tauranga Harbour video
  • Mount Maunganui Harbour Entrance video (out and back)
• Waiheki Island
  • Onetangi - Oneroa 8 km Downwindfun
  • …

South End

• Wellington
  • Resources
    • Surfski.nz list of downwinders/paddles
    • Wellington Paddlers
  • Downwinders
    • Sorrento Bay - South Eastbourne 5 km video
    • Petone - Eastbourne ~8.5 km Downwindfun, Downwindable.com, video
    • Pencarrow - Lowry Bay Boat Ramp 7.5 km
    • Evans Bay Laps video
• Paraparaumu Beach - Titahi Bay Beach 28 km video
• …

West Side

• Downwinders
  • Auckland (West Side - See Manukau Harbour above)
  • Raglan Harbour video
  • Whanganui video
• Flatwater
  • Manawatu River (Foxton River Loop Section) video
• Surf - Needless to say the usual rules and etiquette of surfing apply. And you also have to figure out what, where, and how are appropriate for your skill level. Surfing shorebreak in a surfski becomes an increasingly advanced, demanding skill as bigger waves are attempted and clearly presents ample opportunity for damage to boat, body, and neighbor.
  • Foxton Beach video
  • Manu Bay
  • Whale Bay
  • Indicators
  • Ngarunui Beach
  • Ruapuke Beach