Kawakawa Bay Beach is a coastal park at 1421 Clevedon-Kawakawa Rd in Kawakawa Bay, Manukau City, Auckland, holding a 4.6 rating on Google. Beach reserves on tidal water live by the tide: in bays along the Firth of Thames the sea can pull well out, leaving silty flats where there was swimming water, so it pays to check a tide chart and aim for the hours around high tide. Fishers and boaties work to the same rhythm, timing trips to the water rather than the clock. Parks this far out of town also reward the self-sufficient, since shops can be thin on the ground, so regulars pack food, water and sunshade, and take their rubbish home. Out along the Clevedon-Kawakawa Road, this bay makes a long, unhurried day trip out of the city.