title: The Essential Surfing KAUAI HAWAII Surf Map
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  HELL’S TEETH
  
  
  Paul Mannering
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Copyright 2016 by Paul Mannering
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  CHAPTER 1
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Half Moon Bay, Kaikoura Coast, New Zealand. Latitude: 42° 15’ 68” S,
  Longitude: 173° 48’ 27” E
  
  
  
  
  
  The northeast wind drove the surf into majestic curves that crashed against
  the pebble beach. The rocky coast north of the tourist town of Kaikoura on the
  eastern side of New Zealand’s South Island was a mecca for Southern Hemisphere
  surfers. The Kermadec Trench, an underwater canyon over a mile deep, lay just
  off shore.
  
  
  The area was famous as a home to whales and giant squid. The locals had gone
  from hunting whales in the 1800s to fishing and now whale conservation as they
  capitalized on the tourists desire to see the incredible creatures.
  
  
  Dave Halligan paddled out under the darkening sky of the late afternoon. The
  three-millimeter-thick, full-body w