Pākiri Beach
Auckland, New Zealand
Today at a glance
Best: 7 pm to sunset, sunset 7:43 pm5.5
20 km/h13 mph wind, Good
5.2
23 km/h14 mph wind, Fair
5.1
20 km/h13 mph wind, Fair
6.4
15 km/h10 mph wind, Good
7.3
14 km/h9 mph wind, Great
7.1
17 km/h11 mph wind, Great
7.3
15 km/h9 mph wind, Great
7.5
13 km/h8 mph wind, Great
7.6
11 km/h7 mph wind, Great
7.5
13 km/h8 mph wind, Great
7.6
12 km/h8 mph wind, Great
7.7
12 km/h7 mph wind, Great
7.7
13 km/h8 mph wind, Great
This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.
Best time to swim
Best: 7 pm to sunset. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.
- Air
- 16°C60°F
- Water
- 18°C64°F
- Wind
- 138 km/hmph NNE
- Gusts
- 1710 km/hmph
- Waves
- 0.2 m<1 ft
- UV
- 1 low
- Tide
- falling
- Rain
- 0%
- Sunset
- 7:43 pm
Tide, next 24 hours
- Low 12 am, -0.7 m2 ft
- High 6 am, 0.8 m3 ft
- Low 12 pm, -0.7 m2 ft
- High 6 pm, 1.0 m3 ft
Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.
Beach info
Lifeguards, parking and facilities before you head down.
About Pākiri Beach
Pākiri Beach is a sandy beach located in the Auckland Region of New Zealand. It is 2,825 meters long and is 63 kilometers from Whangārei Airport. Goat Island Beach is a nearby beach, located 5.94 kilometers away.
Pākiri is a locality in Auckland, in the former Rodney District of New Zealand. Leigh is about 9 kilometres (6 mi) to the south-east. The Pākiri River flows through the area and into the Hauraki Gulf / Tīkapa Moana to the north-east.
The area is named for the Ngāti Wai chief, Te Kiri. The beach was originally known by the name Ngā One Haea o Pākiri ("The Gleaming White Sands of Pakiri"), Pākiri being the name of the Ngāti Wai pā found at the headlands of the Pākiri River. Ngāti Manuhiri, an iwi descended from the early Ngāti Wai ancestors in the area, are the mana whenua for the Pākiri area.
Source: Pākiri on Wikipedia (authors). Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Retrieved Oct 19, 2026. Data sources
Facilities
- SurfaceSand
Getting there
- Nearest town
- 7.9 km4.9 miWhangateau (village)
- Nearest airport
- 63 km39 miWhangārei Airport (WRE)
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- Goat Island Beach5.9 km3.7 mi south-east away7.6 Great
- Mathesons Bay8.3 km5.2 mi south-east away7.6 Great
- Forestry Beach9.2 km5.7 mi north-west away8.0 Great
- Grays Beach11 km6.6 mi south away7.6 Great
- Ōmaha Beach11 km6.7 mi south-east away7.6 Great
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The days ahead
Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.
- Sat7.0 GreatBest 1 pm to 8 pmWind up to 21 km/h13 mph, rain 0%
- Sun7.2 GreatBest 8 am to 10 amWind up to 21 km/h13 mph, rain 8%
- Mon7.2 GreatBest 7 am to 10 amWind up to 32 km/h20 mph, rain 6%
- Tue3.6 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 36 km/h22 mph, rain 92%
- Wed5.9 GoodBest 1 pm to 3 pmWind up to 26 km/h16 mph, rain 10%
- Thu6.2 GoodBest 7 am to 8 amWind up to 18 km/h11 mph, rain 30%