Whangapoua Beach
Auckland, New Zealand
Today at a glance
Best: 6 pm to sunset, sunset 7:40 pm6.5
20 km/h13 mph wind, Good
6.7
19 km/h12 mph wind, Good
7.0
17 km/h10 mph wind, Great
7.4
15 km/h10 mph wind, Great
7.7
15 km/h9 mph wind, Great
8.1
13 km/h8 mph wind, Great
8.3
9 km/h5 mph wind, Great
8.4
3 km/h2 mph wind, Great
8.5
2 km/h1 mph wind, Excellent
8.4
2 km/h1 mph wind, Great
8.4
2 km/h1 mph wind, Great
8.2
3 km/h2 mph wind, Great
8.0
7 km/h4 mph wind, Great
This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.
Best time to swim
Best: 6 pm to sunset. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.
- Air
- 19°C65°F
- Water
- 17°C63°F
- Wind
- 32 km/hmph ENE
- Gusts
- 149 km/hmph
- Waves
- 0.2 m<1 ft
- UV
- 2 low
- Tide
- falling
- Rain
- 0%
- Sunset
- 7:40 pm
Tide, next 24 hours
- Low 11 pm, -0.6 m2 ft
- High 5 am, 0.7 m2 ft
- Low 12 pm, -0.6 m2 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 Whangapoua Beach
Whangapoua Beach is a beach on Great Barrier Island, New Zealand. It has an area of 997,133 square meters and is 3,103 meters long. OpenStreetMap lists a nearby village called Ōkiwi, 3,909 meters away.
Whangapoua Beach is on the east coast of Great Barrier Island in New Zealand's Hauraki Gulf. The beach runs roughly north–south and has views of Rakitu Island. The Whangapoua Creek drains large estuarine wetlands and enters the sea at the southern end of the beach.
A Department of Conservation camping ground is on the southern side of the estuary, adjacent to Okiwi Airfield. It is staffed between Christmas Day and Auckland Anniversary Day every year. Dogs are banned from the campsite, and there are no rubbish or recycling facilities. There is access to the northern part of the beach from Mabey Road.
Source: Whangapoua Beach on Wikipedia (authors). Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0; text may have been shortened. Retrieved Oct 19, 2026. Data sources
Facilities
We do not have facility details for this beach yet.
Getting there
- Nearest town
- 3.9 km2.4 miŌkiwi (village)
- Nearest airport
- 13 km8 miClaris Aerodrome (GBZ)
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- Harataonga Bay6.6 km4.1 mi south-east away8.2 Great
- Overtons Beach6.9 km4.3 mi south-east away8.2 Great
- Bush's Beach8.2 km5.1 mi south-west away7.7 Great
- Stony Beach9.2 km5.7 mi south-east away8.2 Great
- Palmers Beach12 km7.2 mi south-east away8.2 Great
Where to stay near the beach
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The days ahead
Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.
- Sat8.4 GreatBest 12 pm to 8 pmWind up to 16 km/h10 mph, rain 0%
- Sun7.4 GreatBest 9 am to 12 pmWind up to 19 km/h12 mph, rain 2%
- Mon7.9 GreatBest 9 am to 5 pmWind up to 27 km/h17 mph, rain 2%
- Tue3.5 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 38 km/h24 mph, rain 87%
- Wed5.9 GoodBest 7 am to 8 amWind up to 24 km/h15 mph, rain 12%
- Thu5.1 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 24 km/h15 mph, rain 36%