Warmest sea within 3h drive of Auckland
Live water temperatures from Open-Meteo Marine, ranked by warmth. Drive times estimate motorway-blended travel (≈ 80 km/h). Pick a different radius to widen or narrow your weekend search.
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- 1Cheltenham BeachAuckland, New Zealand · Tasman Sea5 km · 0.1h—
- 2Narrow NeckAuckland, New Zealand · Tasman Sea5 km · 0.1h—
- 3Mission BayAuckland, New Zealand · Tasman Sea6 km · 0.1h—
- 4Takapuna BeachAuckland, New Zealand · Tasman Sea7 km · 0.1h—
- 5Milford BeachAuckland, New Zealand · Tasman Sea8 km · 0.1h—
- 6Browns BayAuckland, New Zealand · Tasman Sea15 km · 0.2h—
- 7Long BayAuckland, New Zealand · Tasman Sea19 km · 0.2h—
- 8Piha BeachAuckland, New Zealand · Tasman Sea29 km · 0.4h—
- 9Bethells BeachAuckland, New Zealand · Tasman Sea29 km · 0.4h—
- 10Karekare BeachAuckland, New Zealand · Tasman Sea29 km · 0.4h—
- 11Orewa BeachOrewa, New Zealand · Tasman Sea30 km · 0.4h—
- 12Muriwai BeachAuckland, New Zealand · Tasman Sea30 km · 0.4h—
- 13Omaha BeachOmaha, New Zealand · Tasman Sea57 km · 0.7h—
- 14Mathesons BayLeigh, New Zealand · Tasman Sea62 km · 0.8h—
- 15Goat Island BeachLeigh, New Zealand · Tasman Sea65 km · 0.8h—
- 16Pakiri BeachPakiri, New Zealand · Tasman Sea66 km · 0.8h—
- 17New Chums BeachWhangapoua, New Zealand · Tasman Sea82 km · 1.0h—
- 18Cathedral CoveHahei, New Zealand · Tasman Sea91 km · 1.1h—
- 19Hahei BeachHahei, New Zealand · Tasman Sea93 km · 1.2h—
- 20Hot Water BeachHot Water Beach, New Zealand · Tasman Sea94 km · 1.2h—
- 21Whangamata BeachWhangamata, New Zealand · Tasman Sea106 km · 1.3h—
- 22Whangarei Heads OceanWhangarei, New Zealand · Tasman Sea115 km · 1.4h—
- 23Waihi BeachWaihi Beach, New Zealand · Tasman Sea121 km · 1.5h—
- 24Sandy BayTutukaka, New Zealand · Tasman Sea136 km · 1.7h—
- 25Matapouri BayMatapouri, New Zealand · Tasman Sea140 km · 1.8h—
- 26Mount MaunganuiTauranga, New Zealand · Tasman Sea153 km · 1.9h—
- 27Papamoa BeachPapamoa, New Zealand · Tasman Sea166 km · 2.1h—
- 28Paihia BeachPaihia, New Zealand · Tasman Sea184 km · 2.3h—
- 29Russell BeachRussell, New Zealand · Tasman Sea186 km · 2.3h—
- 30Cable Bay NZCable Bay, New Zealand · Tasman Sea235 km · 2.9h—
About this list
We benchmark every beach in our database against Auckland using great-circle (haversine) distance, then re-rank by today's actual sea temperature returned by Open-Meteo Marine. If a grid cell does not return a fresh value, we leave it blank instead of substituting a seasonal average.
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