Omiha Beach Reserve is a park on Omiha Road at Omiha, on Waiheke Island, and holds a 3.5 rating on Google.
Beach reserves are the quiet workhorses of a coastal settlement: grass and shade running down to the sand, doubling as picnic ground, swimming spot and a place to launch a kayak. On an island like Waiheke the tide sets the agenda — at high water you swim off the beach, while low tide uncovers flats and rock pools worth a wander. Small reserves of this kind are often light on facilities, so regulars arrive self-sufficient, with drinking water, sunshade and a bag for taking rubbish home. Mornings and weekdays are the calm windows, before the ferries deliver the day-tripper crowds to the island's better-known beaches.
Omiha itself is one of Waiheke's smaller seaside settlements, and this reserve, at 4 Omiha Rd, is exactly that kind of low-key stretch of coast.