Hot Water Beach

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Hot Water Beach is a beach on the east coast of the Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand, approximately 12 kilometres south east of Whitianga. Its name comes from an underground hot spring which filters up through the sand between the high and low water tidal reaches. Within two hours either side of low tide, it is possible to dig a pit into the sand and have it filled with hot water from the spring. Care needs to be exercised as the location of the hot spring is not far from the sea even at low tide, and visitors may be caught unaware by breaking waves. The beach is a popular destination both for locals and tourists.


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