Otama Beach
Waikato, New Zealand
Tomorrow at a glance
Best: 4 pm to sunset, sunset 7:41 pm5.0
5 km/h3 mph wind, Fair
7.1
3 km/h2 mph wind, Great
7.6
5 km/h3 mph wind, Great
7.9
10 km/h6 mph wind, Great
6.3
12 km/h8 mph wind, Good
6.5
14 km/h8 mph wind, Good
7.3
15 km/h9 mph wind, Great
6.9
15 km/h9 mph wind, Good
7.3
13 km/h8 mph wind, Great
7.6
11 km/h7 mph wind, Great
8.6
11 km/h7 mph wind, Excellent
8.4
14 km/h8 mph wind, Great
7.9
14 km/h9 mph wind, Great
This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.
Best time to swim
Best: 4 pm to sunset. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.
- Air
- 14°C58°F
- Water
- 17°C62°F
- Wind
- 21 km/hmph N
- Gusts
- 128 km/hmph
- Waves
- 0.2 m<1 ft
- UV
- 0 low
- Tide
- falling
- Rain
- 0%
- Sunset
- 7:41 pm
Tide, next 24 hours
- Low 11 pm, -0.6 m2 ft
- High 5 am, 0.7 m2 ft
- Low 11 am, -0.5 m2 ft
- High 6 pm, 0.8 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 Otama Beach
Otama Beach is a beach in the Waikato region of New Zealand, covering an area of 171,083 square meters. It is 2,219 meters long and located 15 kilometers from Whitianga Airport.
Otama Beach is a beach and settlement on the northeast coast of the Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand, 20 km north of Whitianga.
The north-facing 2 km long white-sand beach is backed by a large protected natural dune system, separating it from the road and farm land beyond. Access is via Black Jack Road, starting from State Highway 25 at Kūaotunu, which is sealed up to the start of Otama Beach. It continues as a gravel road further east towards Opito Bay.
Source: Otama 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
- 2.9 km1.8 miKūaotunu (village)
- Nearest airport
- 15 km9 miWhitianga Airport (WTZ)
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- Boulder Beach3.3 km2.0 mi north-east away7.5 Great
- Kūaotunu Beach3.4 km2.1 mi south-west away8.0 Great
- Ōpito Beach3.8 km2.4 mi east away8.0 Great
- Pink Beach6.3 km3.9 mi south-east away7.0 Great tomorrow
- Rings Beach6.5 km4.0 mi west away7.6 Great
Where to stay near the beach
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The days ahead
Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.
- Sat8.6 ExcellentBest 4 pm to 8 pmWind up to 15 km/h9 mph, rain 0%
- Sun7.2 GreatBest 9 am to 12 pmWind up to 19 km/h12 mph, rain 0%
- Mon7.4 GreatBest 9 am to 2 pmWind up to 21 km/h13 mph, rain 4%
- Tue3.9 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 33 km/h21 mph, rain 95%
- Wed7.1 GreatBest 7 am to 9 amWind up to 22 km/h13 mph, rain 20%
- Thu6.1 GoodBest 6 pm to 8 pmWind up to 14 km/h9 mph, rain 41%