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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

13 Dec 2024

Valid dates: 1 Sep 2007 -- 31 Dec 2025

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TimeTide
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Fri, 2024 Dec 13
05:16756
11:21-677
17:29801
23:52-916
Sat, 2024 Dec 14
06:15820
12:21-700
18:25813
Sun, 2024 Dec 15
00:46-963
07:11878
13:18-724
19:20819
Mon, 2024 Dec 16
01:39-991
08:04921
14:13-744
20:13812
Tue, 2024 Dec 17
02:30-995
08:55943
15:05-753
21:04791
Wed, 2024 Dec 18
03:20-972
09:45942
15:56-749
21:55753
Thu, 2024 Dec 19
04:08-925
10:33918
16:46-732
22:45702
TimeTide
(msl mm)
Fri, 2024 Dec 20
04:55-857
11:20876
17:36-706
23:35644
Sat, 2024 Dec 21
05:43-776
12:06820
18:25-674
Sun, 2024 Dec 22
00:25584
06:30-690
12:52759
19:13-643
Mon, 2024 Dec 23
01:17531
07:18-606
13:39697
20:02-617
Tue, 2024 Dec 24
02:09491
08:08-533
14:25642
20:51-602
Wed, 2024 Dec 25
03:02471
08:59-477
15:13597
21:40-601
Thu, 2024 Dec 26
03:55473
09:52-441
16:01566
22:27-614

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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