Houghton Bay beach

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Houghton Bay beach is a small beach on Wellington’s South Coast. It’s suitable for surfing but not swimming because of the undertow.

Quick Info

  • A small beach
  • Partially fenced
  • Space for half a dozen cars off the road, by the entrance. Or park at Princess Bay next door where’s there’s plenty of room and then walk a few metres round the coast.

Table of Contents

  1. Quick Info
  2. Access
  3. Facilities
  4. Description
  5. Terrain
  6. Delights
  7. Dangers
  8. Cautions
  9. Road access
  10. Location
  11. Map
  12. Photo album

Access for wheelchairs, and pushchairs

  • Not suitable: a sandy path with some steps leads down to the beach

Facilities

  • Rubbish bins: by the car park
  • Toilets: no
  • Seats: up by the road
  • Lighting at night: unknown If you can help us with this detail please leave a comment below.

Description

Houghton Bay beach lies at the bottom of Houghton Bay Road on the South Coast in Wellington, New Zealand.

Houghton Bay beach.

Houghton Bay beach (West end).

Although popular with surfers it’s not very busy as Princess Bay (no dogs allowed) right next door is much better for swimming, diving and family activities.

Access to the beach is down a sandy path and set of steps.

This is one of several off-leash beaches on the City Council map: Houghton Bay beach (114Kb PDF).

Terrain

  • Path to beach off-leash area
  • Sand
  • Water: Cook Strait

Delights

  • Views into Cook Strait.

Dangers

  • There are no Brodifacoum poison warning signs, but it is widespread in Wellington.
  • The beach has a notorious undertow.
  • In a Southerly the beach can be quite wild.

Cautions

  • May be windy.
  • Stormwater drain.
  • Dogs could run out to the nearby road.

Road access

Road access via Houghton Bay Road or the Esplanade between Lyall Bay and Island Bay.

See page 2 of this post for a photo album.

Location (see the map)

  • Latitude: -41.341118
  • Longitude: 174.783333

Map

See [Houghton Bay on Google Maps.]

Tagged as: beach, Houghton Bay, off-leash, Wellington

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