Orewa Beach
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Orewa Beach
Orewa Beach is a very busy urban beach with excellent facilities including the Orewa Surf Life Saving Club catering for a large local population as well as visitors and tourists. It is a generally safe swimming beach with plenty of carparking, a large reserve area, and plenty of tourist accommodation.
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Activities and facilities
Activities
- Canoeing/kayaking
- Dog walking
- Sailing
- Wind/kite surfing
- Wind-powered vehicles
Facilities
- Car parking
- Food and beverage kiosk
- Public toilets
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Safety at Orewa Beach
We want you to have a great time whilst visiting Orewa Beach. But take a moment to learn more about being safe on New Zealand Beaches. More ►
Patrolled Beach

Stay safe - swim beween the flags.
Patrol Hours
Patrol times vary – please check with the local club & always swim at a patrolled beach, between the flags.
4 simple rules to keep you safe
We want you to have a great time whilst visiting Orewa Beach. But take a moment to learn more about being safe on New Zealand beaches and looking out for each other. More ►
The Water Safety Code:
- Be prepared
- Watch out for yourself and others
- Be aware of the dangers
- Know your limits
Location
Orewa Beach is located approximately 44 kilometres north of Auckland. The beach has a gentle gradient and no sandbars, as well a river mouth and estuary at its southern end. Orewa Beach has headlands at either end and a large back beach reserve with excellent facilities including a surf club. It is a high use urban recreational area with a large resident population and thriving retail centre.
Public Transport
Beach Water Quality
The Overall Recreation Risk is a guide to give a general picture of water quality at a site. Updated annually, it is calculated from bacteria (enterococci) data collected over the last three years. The Overall Recreation Risk indicator is a precautionary approach to managing health risk and is not designed to represent health risk on a particular day. As such, a site can have an Overall Recreation Risk of ‘Caution’ but still be suitable for swimming some of the time.
Overall recreation risk
The long term risk status based on three years of data
- Less than 1% risk of illness
Many councils also provide the results of their weekly monitoring. This lets people know what the most recent bacteria levels were. Remember, even sites with low risk can be unsuitable to swim at from time to time and we recommend that you avoid swimming for 48 hours after heavy rainfall.
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