Regional significance criteria for the assessment of surf breaks
significant surf breaks within an Appendix to the statutory document. Each surf break is identified as a point location only. No additional information was provided on their characteristics or other rationale for regional significance. Coombes & Scarfe (2010) were the first to propose explicit criteria for regional significance in a New Zealand planning context. The criteria were applied to rate surf breaks in the Auckland region that were identified from Morse & Brunskill (2004),