Kawhia Hot Water Beach

Definitely worth a visit.

We did not do adequate research - we just went and dug! No hot water where we tried that. Some people excavated a huge area of the beach without finding any hot water. We learned that the best syste...

Get a shuffle and have the full experience

I actually don't know where all those people had their shuffles from, but if you want to have the full experience with bathing in hot water in a digged hole in the sand, I recommend you to get one shu...

Secluded and beautiful

This is a great uncrowded beach! However, walking over the sand dune to get here is not much fun on a sunny day - the sand was burning hot. Those of us in sandals found it burnt their feet. Some wore ...

Such a cool spot

So glad we took a day to come down to Kawhia on our trip to raglan! 2 hours either side of high tide, slightly to right as you walk over dune to beach dig your feet in the sand until you find a hot pa...

Waaaaaaay less people - compared to Coromandel Hot Water Beach

Pros - No $5 to rent a shovel, or parking charges - the locals were very friendly into letting us borrow some shovels Only about 10 people were there, no giant swarm of people Cons - It seems to...