Contentious Beach
Napier City, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
- No lifeguards listed
- Free parking
Today’s timelapseTomorrow at a glance
Best: 9 am to sunset, sunset 7:40 pm7.1
13 km/h8 mph wind, Great
7.7
12 km/h7 mph wind, Great
8.3
13 km/h8 mph wind, Great
8.8
12 km/h8 mph wind, Excellent
9.1
12 km/h7 mph wind, Excellent
9.1
9 km/h6 mph wind, Excellent
9.1
7 km/h4 mph wind, Excellent
9.1
11 km/h7 mph wind, Excellent
9.1
11 km/h7 mph wind, Excellent
8.9
11 km/h7 mph wind, Excellent
8.6
11 km/h7 mph wind, Excellent
8.2
8 km/h5 mph wind, Great
8.6
5 km/h3 mph wind, Excellent
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Today’s timelapseToday’s timelapse Webcams provided by windy.com · View on WindyWater 16°C60°FWaves 0.3 m<1 ft
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Best time to swim
Best: 9 am to sunset. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.
- Air
- 15°C60°F
- Water
- 16°C60°F
- Wind
- 85 km/hmph NE
- Gusts
- 2113 km/hmph
- Waves
- 0.3 m<1 ft
- UV
- 0 low
- Tide
- falling
- Rain
- 0%
- Sunset
- 7:40 pm
Tide, next 24 hours
- Low 10 pm, -0.5 m2 ft
- High 4 am, 0.6 m2 ft
- Low 10 am, -0.5 m2 ft
- High 4 pm, 0.7 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.
Facilities
- LifeguardNone listed
- Restrooms220 m720 ft away
- Parking2 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 60 m200 ft. Listed as free
- Food and drink7 within 1 km0.6 miNearest 840 m0.5 mi
- Picnic tables110 m340 ft away
- Boat ramp210 m680 ft away
Getting there
- Nearest bus stop
- 230 m740 ftThe Tram Shed, Shakespeare Road
- Nearest town
- 1.6 km1 miNapier (city)
- Nearest airport
- 4 km2 miHawke's Bay Airport (NPE)
Nearby places
- Ma's Food - Fish and FriesFish and chips840 m0.5 mi
- The BoardwalkFood and drink910 m0.6 mi
- Ahuriri Village KitchenFood and drink930 m0.6 mi
- Pizza PazziPizza960 m0.6 mi
- Milk and HoneyInternational970 m0.6 mi
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- Westshore Beach5.3 km3.3 mi north-west away7.7 Great
- Pacific Beach5.5 km3.4 mi south away7.8 Great
- Haumoana Domain14 km8.8 mi south away7.3 Great
- Punakērua Beach17 km11 mi north away7.3 Great tomorrow
- Waipātiki Beach20 km13 mi north away7.3 Great tomorrow
Where to stay near the beach
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The days ahead
Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.
- Sat9.1 ExcellentBest 9 am to 8 pmWind up to 13 km/h8 mph, rain 0%
- Sun8.9 ExcellentBest 1 pm to 5 pmWind up to 27 km/h17 mph, rain 0%
- Mon9.1 ExcellentBest 11 am to 6 pmWind up to 27 km/h17 mph, rain 0%
- Tue6.9 GoodBest 6 pm to 8 pmWind up to 32 km/h20 mph, rain 41%
- Wed6.9 GoodBest 1 pm to 8 pmWind up to 31 km/h19 mph, rain 6%
- Thu7.1 GreatBest 7 am to 7 pmWind up to 23 km/h14 mph, rain 2%