Hard surfing word search
Manu Bay, Muriwai, St Clair and the Surf Highway: twenty-eight surfing words from both coasts of Aotearoa. They run in all eight directions in an eighteen by eighteen grid.
- Barrel
- Bodyboard
- Duck dive
- Fins
- Groms
- Leash
- Lifeguards
- Lineup
- Longboard
- Manu Bay
- Mount Maunganui
- Muriwai
- Offshore
- Paddle
- Piha
- Point break
- Raglan
- Rash vest
- Reef
- Rip
- St Clair
- Surf Highway
- Surfboard
- Swell
- Wax
- Wetsuit
- Whangamatā
- Wipeout
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| U | W | I | O | R | A | S | U | K | F | Y | L | C | C | G | A | I | T |
| S | H | R | G | T | K | H | N | S | I | R | D | O | R | G | H | U | X |
| O | A | D | W | P | I | H | A | T | L | A | C | F | L | I | N | T | T |
| R | N | I | E | E | M | F | G | C | D | O | W | A | F | I | F | I | C |
| E | G | F | V | N | W | T | N | L | Y | N | N | I | E | E | H | R | T |
| H | A | L | I | F | E | G | U | A | R | D | S | G | R | I | E | C | O |
| R | M | D | D | N | T | T | A | I | I | L | M | O | B | U | A | R | O |
| A | A | R | K | U | S | E | M | R | T | L | H | O | R | O | M | K | P |
| S | T | A | C | B | U | I | T | D | T | S | E | L | B | L | A | Y | E |
| H | A | O | U | D | I | N | N | D | F | E | L | R | L | E | T | R | L |
| V | O | B | D | N | T | I | U | F | S | P | U | E | R | W | E | A | D |
| E | O | Y | G | S | T | U | O | E | P | I | W | B | U | A | E | E | D |
| S | T | D | M | R | D | N | M | A | N | S | T | C | R | X | B | T | A |
| T | H | O | M | E | E | Y | A | B | U | N | A | M | G | E | P | H | P |
| P | R | B | C | S | U | R | F | H | I | G | H | W | A | Y | I | L | L |
| G | A | W | E | B | D | R | A | O | B | F | R | U | S | D | S | E | N |
| O | W | L | I | N | E | U | P | E | G | G | H | S | A | E | L | F | O |
Find these words
- Barrel
- Bodyboard
- Duck dive
- Fins
- Groms
- Leash
- Lifeguards
- Lineup
- Longboard
- Manu Bay
- Mount Maunganui
- Muriwai
- Offshore
- Paddle
- Piha
- Point break
- Raglan
- Rash vest
- Reef
- Rip
- St Clair
- Surf Highway
- Surfboard
- Swell
- Wax
- Wetsuit
- Whangamatā
- Wipeout
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About this word search
Surf Highway 45 runs around Taranaki past break after break, Whangamatā on the Coromandel is known for its bar, and St Clair in Dunedin has a heated saltwater pool next to the surf. Young surfers are called groms.
The grid is eighteen by eighteen and the words run in all eight directions. Mount Maunganui is the longest at fourteen letters, then Surf Highway at eleven. Wax and rip have three. Whangamatā becomes WHANGAMATA in the grid. Look for the Y in Surf Highway and the X of wax. Manu Bay and St Clair run together.
Mark each place on a map of New Zealand and plan an imaginary surf trip from north to south.
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