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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

08 Feb 2025

Valid dates: 1 Sep 2007 -- 31 Dec 2025

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TimeTide
(msl mm)
Sat, 2025 Feb 08
03:37711
09:44-591
15:49680
22:13-790
Sun, 2025 Feb 09
04:40697
10:47-558
16:50636
23:12-771
Mon, 2025 Feb 10
05:40702
11:49-555
17:50616
Tue, 2025 Feb 11
00:09-765
06:37723
12:47-577
18:47617
Wed, 2025 Feb 12
01:03-768
07:29752
13:40-614
19:40630
Thu, 2025 Feb 13
01:53-773
08:16781
14:29-656
20:29648
Fri, 2025 Feb 14
02:39-775
09:00802
15:14-694
21:15663
TimeTide
(msl mm)
Sat, 2025 Feb 15
03:23-769
09:42812
15:56-721
22:00670
Sun, 2025 Feb 16
04:05-750
10:22805
16:37-735
22:43665
Mon, 2025 Feb 17
04:47-717
11:01781
17:18-732
23:25648
Tue, 2025 Feb 18
05:28-669
11:41739
17:58-714
Wed, 2025 Feb 19
00:08620
06:10-611
12:20685
18:39-685
Thu, 2025 Feb 20
00:52587
06:53-548
13:01624
19:21-653
Fri, 2025 Feb 21
01:37556
07:38-488
13:43566
20:04-624

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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