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The Surf Loop


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The Surf Loop

             Mount Maunganui -Tauranga - Matapihi - Bayfair - Papamoa - Paengaroa - Maketu - Papamoa - Mount

Approx: Total  92.1 km  + flat, one small hill.    57.22 miles

All year around trail ( except August )
 +  2.6km extra for Little Waihi
+   3.4 for Ford Rd to The Cut
+  2km for Pacifica Home and Garden
+ 1.2km Nautilus Restaurant and Fort Nautilus Dry Stack
+ 1.7 km Tauranga Marina + return

Bike Type: Suitable for road bikes ( some fine gravel surfaces ) , trail bikes or Mountain bikes.
This can be started anywhere you please. It is a Loop so you will come back to your car. A consideration will be where you can safely leave your car if you are doing this ride over several days and accommodation options.

Park and Start: We started at Paengaroa  ( Road bikes ) and parked outside the Paengaroa Community Hall in 4 Old Coach Rd, out of the way of the village traffic. 


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  • Home
  • Multi Day Rides
    • Omokoroa 2 Rotorua
    • Surf 2 Geysers Loop
    • Surf 2 Geysers
    • Geysers 2 Surf
  • Tauranga Area Rides
    • The Surf Loop
    • Papamoa / Tauranga / Mount Maunganui Loop
    • Sulphur Point / Marina / Strand Loop
    • Sulphur Point / Marina / Mount Loop
    • Sulphur Point/ Fergusson Park/ Matua Saltmarsh Wakareao Estuary Loop ( short loop )
    • Sulphur Point / Fergusson Park / Whakapaewaka Bridge / Waikareao Estuary Loop
    • Sulphur Point Lakes return
    • Fraser St / Ohauiti / Maungatapu /Waimapu Estuary Loop
    • Fraser St / Waimapu Estuary Loop
    • Waikareao Estuary ( Daisy Hardwick )
    • Wairoa Bridge to Omokoroa and return
  • Country Rides
    • Paengaroa – Maketu Loop
    • Paengaroa - Maketu - Papamoa loop
    • Paengaroa to Papamoa return
    • Paengaroa to Otamarakau and return
    • Paengaroa or Ridge Rd to Okere Falls Kaikokopu Trail
    • Maniatutu Rd / Pongakawa Bush Rd Loop
    • Paengaroa / Maniatutu Rd / Ridge Rd Loop
    • Pongakawa - Rotoehu Loop
    • Braemar Road and Return
  • Te Puke & Rotorua Rides
    • Te Puke Te Ara Kahikatea Pathway
    • Te Puke No 2 & No 1 Road Loop
    • Around Lake Rotorua
  • Bay of Plenty Activities and Accomodation
  • Cycle Shops
  • General Information
  • Related Rides
  • Rotorua Activities and Accommodation