Wainui Beach is located in the small settlement of Wainui, 8 km to the east of Gisborne. The crescent shaped beach consists of 4 km of golden sand with Tauahine Point and its derelict lighthouse at the southern end. The Wainui-Makorori headland is located at the northern end and has a stunning walkway to Makorori Beach.
With crystal clear waters and magnificent sunsets, it's a popular swimming spot with Wainui Surf Club on patrol during the summer months.
Also famous for its consistent surf brakes and surf culture, national surf champions Maz, Jay and Holly Quinn grew up in the area.
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Beach
Swimming
Srufing
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The stunning white-sand Makorori and Wainui Beach coastline stretches 4km and is a surfer’s and body boarder’s mecca, noted for consistent surf breaks. The population of the small settlement 8km north of Gisborne increases dramatically over summer as the holiday baches fill up. There are lots of small reserves leading down to the beach, which is patrolled for safe swimming near the Wainui Surf Lifesaving Club, a choice of family picnicking areas and two children’s playgrounds. The locals ride their horses along the beach and walking tracks meander through the coastal dunes, where there is a memorial grave to the 59 sperm whales that stranded in 1970.
