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Hot Water Beach is NOT a secret! It is known around the world!

Hot Water Beach is located along New Zealand's Pacific coast just south of Mercury Bay at the northeast tip of the Coromandel Peninsula.

If you're coming to Hot Water Beach, you need to know ...


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Hot Water Beach
Daily Low Tides

21 Jan 2025

Valid dates: 1 Sep 2007 -- 31 Dec 2025

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TimeTide
(msl mm)
Tue, 2025 Jan 21
00:42569
06:43-611
12:59702
19:20-654
Wed, 2025 Jan 22
01:29533
07:29-542
13:42642
20:05-630
Thu, 2025 Jan 23
02:18506
08:17-480
14:26587
20:51-613
Fri, 2025 Jan 24
03:09494
09:08-434
15:13543
21:39-610
Sat, 2025 Jan 25
04:01503
10:01-411
16:02518
22:27-623
Sun, 2025 Jan 26
04:53533
10:55-415
16:53515
23:17-655
Mon, 2025 Jan 27
05:45586
11:49-448
17:46536
TimeTide
(msl mm)
Tue, 2025 Jan 28
00:06-704
06:35656
12:42-506
18:38579
Wed, 2025 Jan 29
00:56-763
07:23736
13:32-582
19:29637
Thu, 2025 Jan 30
01:45-824
08:10816
14:21-667
20:20702
Fri, 2025 Jan 31
02:33-878
08:57887
15:09-751
21:11762
Sat, 2025 Feb 01
03:22-916
09:44940
15:58-823
22:01808
Sun, 2025 Feb 02
04:12-929
10:31968
16:46-876
22:53833
Mon, 2025 Feb 03
05:02-914
11:19967
17:36-905
23:45835

Tide times are LOCAL (NZST or NZDT).

Tide height in mm from Mean Sea Level.
The lower the low tide,
(the more negative the tide height),
the more time that the thermal spring
on the beach will be "uncovered."

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What is it?

Some volcanos develop huge underground reservoirs of superheated water. Over time, this water will escape to the surface — cooling on the way. There are two fissures at Hot Water Beach issuing water as hot as 64ºC (147ºF) at a rate as high as 15 litres/minute. This water contains large amounts of salt (NOT salt water), calcium, magnesium, potassium, fluorine, bromine and silica. There are other hot water springs nearby but the location of these two springs on the beach make them unique.


When?

The short answer is: The hot water spring are exposed ONE hour either side of low tide (okay, up to two hours but only if the low tide is REALLY low).

A table of low tides is displayed to the right. The low tide table starts TODAY (as defined on our server) and provides two weeks of low tides so you can plan your visit to Hot Water Beach. If you're not interested in the next two weeks, update the day, month and year and you'll see the low tides from that date -- within the range from 1 Aug 2003 to 31 Dec 2025. NOW you can plan your visit to Mercury Bay -- and Hot Water Beach!


What?


How to get here?

World famous Hot Water Beach is located south of Whitianga, north of Tairua and only a few kms from Hahei.

Driving, there's only one way to get to Hot Water Beach. Take State Highway 25 to Whenuakite where the only notable junction is the road to Hot Water Beach, Cook's Beach and Hahei/Cathedral Cove. Stay on the main road until you see the (right) turn to Hot Water Beach (~8 km). Please pay attention to the speed limit on this road as it gives a good indication of the road condition -- which is paved right up to the car park.

Of course, NO visit to New Zealand would be complete without sitting on the beach in your own private hot pool at the world renowned Hot Water Beach!






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