Hi not sure how far you want to go but spirits bay is a awesome place to stay camp ground is big has cold showers and toilets and surfcasting is usually very productive off the beach if you walk up the beach towards Pandora you don't have to go all the way there and you don't walk along the beach there is a four wheel drive track behind the dunes you can't drive it but you can walk it's very easy, if he can handle a 20 minute walk it would help but can get fish all along the beach, kings snaps trevs ky and cause the beach drops you dont have to cast far ,and you have 90 mile not far and te hapua Wharf that can be fun back down the road you can fish off another wharf at paua or off the side of the road . You can just make out the track behind the dunes at spirits bay

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Thanks guys, at this stage looking at karikari peninsula mid February. Any hints or suggestions welcome.😊