Our first night was spent at Opunake on the beach campsite and I could see that the swell was not really working, however the next morning a south easterly wind had kicked in and I knew that nearby Kina Road would be firing if the swell was big enough. However as we approached I saw the sign for Tai road and remember a South African ex pat has told me about it when we stayed in Christchurch, my instinct kicked in and we headed down past the gas production site for about 5kms until I came across a small grassy field between a couple of holiday houses with a couple of cars parked up and spotted 2 kiters rigging. At the edge of the field was a small cliff a bit like at Gwithian to scramble down onto a boulder beach and there 300m upwind to the left about 100m offshore was a perfect reef break. An A frame wave, cross off shore, pumping with head to logo high waves. I was rigged up in a flash, scrambled down the cliff with my 5.0m and charged upwind as fast as I could not wanting to miss anything and thinking that crowds would surely appear at any moment.