Ocean Beach

Beautiful black sands at ocean beach unleash geothermal heated pools two hours on either side of low tide. Visitors often bring spades and buckets to dig there own heated pools along the beach. Change rooms and toilets are availabel near the car park and there is a boat ramp at the end of Te Pui Road.

WATER QUALITY

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Current Status

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MONITORING FREQUENCY

SOURCE INFORMATION

A beach has a GREEN current status in Swim Guide when it has met the water quality standard of 280 enterococci/100 mL.

A beach is marked Grey in Swim Guide when there is no current or reliable monitoring information available.

Swimming is not recommended within 48 hours after a heavy rainfall or around storm water outfalls and at stream mouths.

Data in Swim Guide is sourced from LAWA’s “Can I Swim Here” program.
Visit LAWA’s factsheet on recreational monitoring in NZ here. https://www.lawa.org.nz/learn/factsheets/what-do-the-swim-icons-mean/
LAWA assigns each site a grade, which is based on the last three years of monitoring data from the site.

For more information on historical monitoring in this region please visit the council’s website: http://www.waikatoregion.govt.nz/Environment/Natural-resources/coast/Coastal-water-quality/Coastal-water-quality-for-swimming/

WATER QUALITY GRAPH

Ocean Beach

Kawhia, New Zealand

Managed by Swim Guide NZ

WATER QUALITY

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Current Status

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WATER QUALITY GRAPH

Beach	Location	Water Quality
Karewa Beach Kawhia, New Zealand	Kawhia, New Zealand	Current Status
Kawhia Wharf Kawhia, New Zealand	Kawhia, New Zealand	Current Status
Aotea Kawhia, New Zealand	Kawhia, New Zealand	Current Status
Manu Bay Raglan, New Zealand	Raglan, New Zealand	Current Status

Other Beaches Near This One

Beach	Location	Water Quality
Karewa Beach Kawhia, New Zealand	Kawhia, New Zealand	Current Status
Kawhia Wharf Kawhia, New Zealand	Kawhia, New Zealand	Current Status
Aotea Kawhia, New Zealand	Kawhia, New Zealand	Current Status
Manu Bay Raglan, New Zealand	Raglan, New Zealand	Current Status

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	Green means the beach’s most recent test results met relevant water quality standards.

	Red means the beach’s most recent test results failed to meet water quality standards.

	Grey means water quality information for the beach is too old (more than 7 days old) to be considered current, or that info is unavailable, or unreliable.

	Green means the beach passed water quality tests 95% of the time or more.

	Yellow means the beach passed water quality tests 60-95% of the time.

	Red means the beach failed water quality tests 40% of the time or more.

	Green means the beach has historically excellent or pristine water quality, but there is no current data.

	Red means the water at the site has water quality issues or there is an emergency.

	Grey means there is no current water quality information, the beach is under construction, there has been an event that has rendered water quality information unreliable or unavailable.