Ocean View Cottage
Hot Water Beach
Hot Water Beach is located along New Zealand's Pacific coast just south of Mercury Bay at the northeast tip of the beautiful Coromandel Peninsula. Just over 2 hours drive from Auckland, Tauranga, Hamilton and 30 minutes from Whitianga.
Hot Water Beach is world famous for its Hot Pools and has been voted one of the top ten beach's in the world. For two hours either side of low tide, you can dig in the sand for hot spring water and make your own spa pool. It's good fun summer and winter. There is also lagoon close to the beach that provides safe, warm swimming for families and children.
Hot Water Beach has two fissures 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 in the world.
