Saint Leonards Beach is a small harbour beach at Saint Johns in Auckland City, Auckland 0622, rated 4.6 on Google.
Harbour beaches in this part of Auckland live by the tide: near high water the swimming is calm and easy, while at low tide the sea retreats across tidal flats, leaving a long walk out to deeper water. That shelter makes the eastern bays a gentler option than Auckland's west-coast surf beaches — good for a calm swim or a paddleboard — though it pays to let the water settle for a day or two after heavy rain. Regulars check tide times and council water-quality notices before setting out, and arrive early in summer, when even a small beach fills quickly.
Set on the harbour at Saint Johns, Saint Leonards Beach is the neighbourhood's own small piece of that calm eastern-bays water.