Muriwai Beach Campground is a beachside campground at 50 Jack Butt Lane, Muriwai, about 40 minutes' drive from Auckland. It sits beside the 60-kilometre black-sand Muriwai Beach and inside Muriwai Regional Park, with a short walk to the gannet colony, which the site says is a sight from August to March.
It offers powered and unpowered sites for tents and campervans, plus two cabin types: the Sea View Cabin, with views over the Tasman Sea, and the Pine Tree Cabin, set among the pines. Each cabin has its own deck, a table and chairs, a fridge and an electric jug. Bedding is supplied in part, with hire at $10 per bed. As at 2026, the Sea View Cabin was $130 a night and the Pine Tree Cabin $110 a night, both for up to two people. Guests share a kitchen, showers and toilets, and pets are allowed on the campground but not in the cabins. Minimum stays are two nights on peak-season weekends and three nights over Christmas and long weekends. Surf lessons and the Woodhill Forest bike trails are nearby. Our view is that it is a practical base for a surf or forest trip out of Auckland.