Tickets

Entry fee $60.00. Limited to 400 entries.  Only one entry per person.

Early Bird open: 12pm, 31st August 2025 - Online Only

Early Bird  cut off is 4:00 p.m. 30 September 2025.
Open Entries close 5:00 p.m. 31 October 2025 unless all tickets sold out.

Competitors may fish with two rods per entry. A full set of the rules may be viewed on our RULES page.

Sales Outlets

To be advised.

Species

Snapper (minimum weight 1.50 kg)  - 15 prizes totaling $9,100
Kahawai (minimum weight 2.00 kg)  - 10 prizes totaling $3,800
Trevally (minimum weight 1.50 kg)  - 10 prizes totaling $3,800
Gurnard (minimum weight 0.60 kg)  - 10 prizes totaling $3,800
Spotted Smooth Hound (minimum weight 3.50 kg)  - 10 prizes totaling $3,800

Only one cash prize, per species section, per angler. Check our PRIZES page for full details.
If insufficient fish are weighed-in, unclaimed prizes will be drawn as spot prizes. Must be at the prize giving to collect.

Fishing Times

Start fishing from 6:00 p.m. Wednesday 12 November 2025. 
Final weigh-in closes 5:00 p.m. Sunday 16 November 2025.

Competitors may fish 24 hours per day within the competition period. A full set of the rules may be viewed on our RULES page.

Boundary

Northern Boundary, South bank of the Marokopa River.
Southern Boundary, Nukumaru Rock (Waiinu Beach).  

A full set of the rules may be viewed on our RULES page.

Weigh-in Stations - PROVISONAL

Mokau - Allan Jones
New Plymouth - Taranaki Hunting and Fishing, Ocean View Parade
Cape Egmont - Cape Egmont Boat Club
Opunake - Farmlands
Manaia - D. Jennings General Engineering

Refer to the 2025 Taranaki Open Surfcasting Challenge brochure/entry form or the 2025 numbered competitor registration card (digital), for the official weigh-in locations and times.

Competitors with fish to weigh on the final day, Sunday 16th November 2025, must be at the Cape Egmont Boat Club's official weigh-in area by 5:00 p.m. Fish will NOT be accepted for weighing after 5:00 p.m. on the final day. A full set of the rules may be viewed on our RULES page.

Prize Giving

The prize giving will be at the Cape Egmont Boat Club on Sunday 16 November 2025 at 6:30 p.m.
Contestants must be at the prize giving to claim the early bird and spot prizes.  
A full set of the rules may be viewed on our RULES page.