Te Henga (Bethells Beach)
Auckland, New Zealand
Today at a glance
Calmest: 7 pm to sunset, sunset 7:45 pm4.0
17 km/h11 mph wind, Fair
4.7
17 km/h11 mph wind, Fair
3.8
16 km/h10 mph wind, Poor
4.0
14 km/h9 mph wind, Fair
4.1
11 km/h7 mph wind, Fair
5.6
10 km/h6 mph wind, Good
5.7
12 km/h8 mph wind, Good
5.8
14 km/h9 mph wind, Good
6.1
10 km/h6 mph wind, Good
6.2
11 km/h7 mph wind, Good
6.3
13 km/h8 mph wind, Good
6.5
12 km/h7 mph wind, Good
6.5
9 km/h5 mph wind, Good
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Forecast, hour by hour
Beach score for daylight hours, today and tomorrow. Wind in km/hmph underneath.
- Air
- 14°C58°F
- Water
- 16°C62°F
- Wind
- 95 km/hmph SW
- Gusts
- 1711 km/hmph
- Waves
- 1.5 m5 ft
- UV
- 1 low
- Tide
- rising
- Rain
- 0%
- Sunset
- 7:45 pm
Tide, next 24 hours
- High 8 pm, 1.2 m4 ft
- Low 2 am, -1.1 m4 ft
- High 8 am, 1.2 m4 ft
- Low 2 pm, -1.0 m3 ft
Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.
The days ahead
Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.
- Sun4.7 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 15 km/h9 mph, rain 37%
- Mon6.0 GoodBest 1 pm to 8 pmWind up to 21 km/h13 mph, rain 24%
- Tue2.6 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 46 km/h28 mph, rain 100%
- Wed3.8 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 27 km/h17 mph, rain 27%
- Thu4.0 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 27 km/h17 mph, rain 57%
Beach info
Facilities and the beaches next door.
About Te Henga (Bethells Beach)
Te Henga (Bethells Beach) is a locality in the Auckland Region of New Zealand, covering an area of 576,834 square meters. The beach is 1.828 kilometers long and OpenStreetMap lists a lifeguard station nearby. Wigmore Bay Beach is located 1,180 meters away, and the nearest airport is Ardmore Aerodrome, 49 kilometers away.
Te Henga, or Bethells Beach, is a coastal community in West Auckland, New Zealand. The Māori name for the area, "Te Henga", is in reference to the long foredunes which run along the beach and look like the Henga or gunwale of an upturned waka hull. This name originally applied to a wide area of the lower Waitakere River valley, but during the early 1900s the area became popular with visiting European immigrants who began to refer to the area as "Bethells Beach" after the Bethell Family who live there and still own much of the area. In 1976 the New Zealand Geographic Board officially named the area "Te Henga (Bethells Beach)".
Source: Te Henga / Bethells Beach on Wikipedia (authors). Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0; text may have been shortened. Retrieved Oct 19, 2026. Data sources
Facilities
- LifeguardStation 280 m920 ft awayOpenStreetMap lists a lifeguard station.
- Food and drink1 within 1 km0.6 miNearest 540 m0.3 mi
Getting there
- Nearest town
- 780 m0.5 miTe Henga / Bethells Beach (village)
- Nearest airport
- 49 km30 miArdmore Aerodrome (AMZ)
Nearby places
- Bethells beach cafeFood and drink540 m0.3 mi
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- Wigmore Bay Beach1.2 km0.7 mi south away6.5 Good
- O'Neill Bay Beach1.4 km0.9 mi north-west away6.5 Good
- Wahirua Bay Beach1.5 km1.0 mi south away6.5 Good
- Lake Wainamu Beach2.0 km1.3 mi north-east away6.5 Good
- Anawhata2.8 km1.8 mi south away6.5 Good