Surf organisers will be praying for better swell this weekend ahead of the rescheduled 2015 Coast Papamoa Beach New Zealand Longboard and SUP Open.

After a false start in February due to poor surfing conditions, the event will run on both Saturday and Sunday, bringing together longboarders and stand up paddleboarders from around New Zealand across the eight divisions.

Thomas Kibblewhite will defend his Men's Longboard title at the 2015 Coast Papamoa Beach New Zealand Longboard and SUP Open. Photo: Supplied.

This is the second year the Open has been held, with the 2014 event experiencing phenomenal conditions at Papamoa Beach.

This year the swell is forecast to be small but contestable with light offshore winds. Saturday is expected to be two-to-three foot and Sunday one-to-two foot.

The small conditions will suit the newly added Amazon Surf Logger Division, which caters for traditional single fin longboards.

The logger division has been included as an expression session in past events, but the increased interest in the division now warrants its own division where heats will be contested through to a final.

The ‘logger' is joined by the more familiar divisions of Men's and Womens, Over-40s, Over-50s and the SUP Surf and SUP Race.

Coast Papamoa Beach have come on board as the title sponsor of the event through until 2016, adding to the existing family of event sponsors.

The new partnership will help promote the event further as the premier New Zealand Longboard and Stand Up Paddleboard event.

Coast Papamoa Beach director Steve Short says it is a fantastic event for surfing and for Papamoa.

'We are proud to be associated with the event and, as a surfer myself, I will be taking a keen interest in the competition,” says Steve.

'To have the New Zealand Longboard and Stand Up Paddleboard Open on our doorstep is great for the local community and provides another reason for those who live outside the area to visit our slice of paradise.”

Defending champions from the nine divisions contested in 2014.

Men's Longboard – Thomas Kibblewhite (Auck)

Women's Longboard – Mischa Davis (Piha)

Over 40 Men's – Daryn McBride (Mnt)

Over 50 Men's – Grant Cochrane (Chch)

Logger Division – Ambrose McNeill (Chch)

Men's SUP Surf – Shane Baxter (Chch)

Women's SUP Surf – Annabel Anderson (Qtown)

Men's SUP King of the Waves – Armie Armstrong (Rag)

Women's SUP King of the Waves – Annabel Anderson (Qtown)