Lets Save the Aramoana Surf Break
Port Otago 'Next generation Project' Resource Consent Applications to Deepen the Shipping Channel to Port Chalmers, build a mulitpurpose wharf dispose of up to 7.2 Million cubic metres of Sand Silt and Rock to sea.
Submissions Guide
IMPACT ON SURFBREAKS
For the last three years members of the Otago surfing community have been regularly attending Meetings for the Next Generation Project (Port Otago Dredging) as part of the Public Consultative Group.
Graham Carse and Brett Hastie on behalf of South Coast Boardriders,
and myself, Nic Reeves on behalf of the Surfbreak Protection Society.
We have given our input and concerns over the effect the dredging and disposal of dredgings at the proposed sites will have on the quality of the surf breaks on the North Coast.
Affecting all the breaks from: Aramoana up to and including Karitane.
We have been assured through the AEE report that the dumping of dredged spoil will not have any adverse affects on the surf breaks. However we believe otherwise, as past disposal of dredgings in much lower volumes than proposed have had ongoing adverse effects on a number of breaks on the north coast, especially Aramoana.
We stand on behalf of local surfers, and hope this video will assist surfers in making a submission to the applications, which close on Friday the 13th of August 2010