This beach was worth the drive, which actually wasn't that far 'out of the way'.

Unfortunately, the main beach where the campground is, you are advised not to swim due to the faecal contamination from the livestock. However, if you take the very short walk over the bridge on the road and up into the short hike to the next bay, it makes it all worth it.

The beach has amazing Pohutakawa trees and totally awesome tide pools where we saw an octopus! At super low tide the white sand is amazing, at high tide the beach is rather wild and I was too scared to swim then.

We spent all day at that bay, running back to the main camp for provisions.

I liked this place and can't blame it or DOC for the abundance of livestock which is ruining all the water ways in NZ.

Enjoy!

Reviewed almost 8 years ago