Keep an eye on swellmap looking for any wind direction with an E in it that has ben blowing for a while and flattened the coast down.

Spot 1: Hamilton's Gap is located up the pennisular (off west coast road) Fish 2 - 3 hours before to turn of the low tide. Park at the car park, walk down to the beach and head around to the left past the rocks/stream. Look for the massive hole there that fishes well on the outgoing and even better on the incoming tide. Gurnard, snapper, KY and trevs the regular catches.

Spot 2: Lighthouse - This is a spot that I have yet to fish as I don’t reckon Im fit enough yet. Have heard a lot of very good stories about this spot. About 30 - 45 min to get down the hill and a couple of hours to get back up. 35' angle!!! You would want to do it on a day that has very limited swell and wind as you will be casting into the Manukau Bar and it can get a bit wet and hairy, specially with the wind against tide.

Spot 3: Karioitahi beach. Head down the coast towards the port (left) around 3 hours before low tide, bigger the better. Maybe 3 or 4 times a year with the right conditions you get this happening:

Spot 4: Big Bay - Again, 2 - 3 hours before low tide. Drive all the way down to the end of the road and park in the car park. Be mindful not to get to close to the entry as its used for guys beach launching their boats. Head to the left until you get to the end of the point that has a couple of big dead trees. Fishing here will produce gurnard and the odd Snapper in the winter months. If you discover a heap of red weed on you line move around about 100m - 150m left to the middle of this point and the next one and you will be fine. If you want a real challenge keep following the beach around to the next point... mako point:

 

Spot 5: Orephus Point (Orua Bay) - Located in between Orua and Wattle Bay. Fished over the high tide with only a 1 min walk from the carpark. Can be really busy on the weekends that are fine days and the space is a premium. Cast out directly towards Sky city with a ledger rig and breakout sinker. Small Snapper, KY & Trev's the major catches with big rays a common occurrence and the odd kingi thrown in for good messure.

Spot 6: Wattle Bay - This is actually two spots but... To your right once you park up is a stream. Fish the stream either side of the low low tide. Gurnard and KY the major ones with lots of little snapper about year round. Have picked up 2 trev's but was a fluke I reckon.

Spot 7: Cake island - Cake is a pretty well know spot that isnt actually an island, just a point that is only just attached to the mainland. Unless you want to spend all day there you HAVE to be in and out 3 hours before high tide so low tide only. About a 30 min walk from wattle bay. Keep walking until you get to where you cant walk any further which will be underneath a collapsed tree. There are rocks in front of you that you can climb up to get on top of cake. As you get to the top look over the opposite side to your right and there will be a ledge. This is your fishing spot. To get down you will need to follow the edge of the island around towards a pohutakawa tree that has a rope attaced to its roots to climg down. Be prepared to lose some tackle. I prefer thin gauge hooks here as less like to snag, no weight at all and big hunks of bait. Snapper snapper and more snapper… more of a winter spot to thin out the undersized snapper, can produce the odd kingi