Ocean Beach Carpark, Whangarei
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Ocean Beach Carpark, Whangarei
ABSOLUTELY NO TENTS ALLOWED
One night maximum.
You must park in the designated site that is indicated by signage.
If the site is full, you must move on.
The overflow carpark at Ocean Beach is closed to freedom camping from Saturday 19 December to Friday 15 January, inclusive. Very limited freedom camping will still be available at the designated freedom camping area in the main Ocean Beach carpark.
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North Island ▷ Northland ▷ Whangarei |
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Reviews
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4.5/5
Good safe area to park up for the night.
Camper parking spots are sealed and are reasonably level. They are spread around the car park, rather than all grouped together. This is unusual but that's good. Toilets are excellent. Car park is just a few minutes walk to the beach. Take a walk up to the WW2 radar station on top of the hill. It's interesting.
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5.0/5
Amazing spot, nice clean flush toilets, next to the beach and at the start of the Te Whara Track.
Space for at least 6 campervan on a very flat and quiet parking. Signal was ok
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3.5/5
cold shower available.
beach is just a 3min walk. we had network here, also a lot of mosquitos and all type of insects
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5.0/5
Quiet and clean.
Beach a short walk away and the Te Whara track is a beautiful hike if you’re up for it. Toilets were average and theres a cold shower outside of it. No rubbish bins
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4.0/5
Nice spot, calm if other campervan don't make noise.
Toilets on the carpark, beach 3 minutes by walk.
You can't drink the water here.
Approx 12 campervan places
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3.0/5
Very nice spot, but the toilets were an absolute mess.
Not recommended of you need to use the toilets. Otherwise wonderful.
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4.5/5
Very cute spot situated on a car park in between forest, hills and beach.
Nice and quiet
Toilets clean enough + outside shower.
Few walks start from here too.
About 12 overnight camping spots available
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4.5/5
Great spot -very quiet.
Beach is lovely.
A bit of a drive but worth it.
As with many of these locations no flood lights.
Accidentally over reversed a parking bay and got stuck - locals walking their dogs helped get me out !
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4.5/5
Stunning beach, nice camp spot but the toilets and showers were closed for maintenance in May of 23 so we didn't stay overnight
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4.0/5
Nice and quiet spot at beach entrance and start of Te Whara trail.
Long drop toilets. Heard kiwi at night. About 6 spots only so get there in time.
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4.5/5
Good safe area to park up for the night.
Camper parking spots are sealed and are reasonably level. They are spread around the car park, rather than all grouped together. This is unusual but that's good. Toilets are excellent. Car park is just a few minutes walk to the beach. Take a walk up to the WW2 radar station on top of the hill. It's interesting.
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5.0/5
Amazing spot, nice clean flush toilets, next to the beach and at the start of the Te Whara Track.
Space for at least 6 campervan on a very flat and quiet parking. Signal was ok
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3.5/5
cold shower available.
beach is just a 3min walk. we had network here, also a lot of mosquitos and all type of insects
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5.0/5
Quiet and clean.
Beach a short walk away and the Te Whara track is a beautiful hike if you’re up for it. Toilets were average and theres a cold shower outside of it. No rubbish bins
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4.0/5
Nice spot, calm if other campervan don't make noise.
Toilets on the carpark, beach 3 minutes by walk.
You can't drink the water here.
Approx 12 campervan places
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3.0/5
Very nice spot, but the toilets were an absolute mess.
Not recommended of you need to use the toilets. Otherwise wonderful.
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4.5/5
Very cute spot situated on a car park in between forest, hills and beach.
Nice and quiet
Toilets clean enough + outside shower.
Few walks start from here too.
About 12 overnight camping spots available
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4.5/5
Great spot -very quiet.
Beach is lovely.
A bit of a drive but worth it.
As with many of these locations no flood lights.
Accidentally over reversed a parking bay and got stuck - locals walking their dogs helped get me out !
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4.5/5
Stunning beach, nice camp spot but the toilets and showers were closed for maintenance in May of 23 so we didn't stay overnight
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4.0/5
Nice and quiet spot at beach entrance and start of Te Whara trail.
Long drop toilets. Heard kiwi at night. About 6 spots only so get there in time.
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4.5/5
Awesome spot!
Lots of room for vehicles. Beach is a 5 minute walk from the car park. Toilets but no drinking water. No cell service for me though.
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5.0/5
Fantastic spot.
Beautiful beach, peaceful bush surrounds, flat hard stand parking and modern/ clean amenities.
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5.0/5
Beautiful place close to an amazing beach.
Nice clean toilets and cold shower. Start of some nice hikings 😍 Beautiful sunset!
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5.0/5
Long windy drive from Whangarei but the reward is a beautiful beach.
Carpark is surrounded by trees. There were 4 campervans practising social distancing so spread over the whole carpark. Beautiful and quiet.
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4.5/5
Space for 4, but this site is well worth the trip.
Beach is awesome, about 200 yards from carpark. There are quite a few tracks from here and surfing looks incredible. Toilets clean and tidy. Well worth drive and no view of oil refinery here.
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5.0/5
Amazing!!!
There is only space for about 5 vehicles however there were about 15 there last night, spread out around the carpark, including some that weren’t CSC. No one came to check on us. Beach is a 5 minute walk from the carpark, popular surfing spot. Waves were too big for me and my boogie 🤪 toilet is open all night although it seems the outside shower has stopped working.. Super quiet and peaceful spot!
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5.0/5
Pretty nice spot to stay.
Calm, quiet with 2 toilets and a (cold) outdoor shower. Space for 4-5 campervans, depending on parking skills ;-) and van sizes.
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5.0/5
Beautiful site, 4-5 spots, have toilets and outdoor shower.
We arrived at around 2pm and were the only ones there. It filled up by around 6pm (visited November 2019). One of our favourite spots.
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4.0/5
Location is great but only a handful of spots within a large carpark.
Very stingy of the council. Why not more space for campervans in an otherwhise empty carpark at night?? Just tell campervans to vacate after 8.30am so'they can at least stay the night.
Toilets nearby but no drinking water.
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5.0/5
space for 4 cars but at this day many other cars spent the night and nothing had happened.
good Start for the te whara track and close to the beautiful beach
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4.5/5
One of our favourite spots on our trip.
Only 4-5 places available for camping in a bigger car park, but people just camped close by anyway. Even for a car park, was an especially beautiful place. Trees, bushes, picnic benches all through the car park made it a scenic place. Just a small walk over the sand dunes to the beach. Was a little windy on the beach but we found our good spot to sunbathe and swim. Toilets were fairly new and clean, with a cold shower on the outside. Water is a tad murky, but it’s not meant to be drunk. Also this spot was a great place to see the stars. Loved it.
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4.0/5
Lovely spot off beaten track.
Walk through dunes from car park spot to beautiful sandy beach. Great for surfing and walks with access to Te Whara Track.
Only 5/6 spots available so would need to get there early to avoid disappointment. Appears 4 drop toilets have recently been replaced by two toilets and cold shower facility.
Would recommend
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3.0/5
Alright spot, just parking spaces.
Nice trees and bush around the big parking lot. Fits about 4-5 cars.
Toilets looked brand new, the tap water in there is very dirty and smells really bad.
Beach closeby is very nice and there are some bushwalks as well.
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