Waharau Regional Park is a park at 1748 E Coast Rd, Whakatiwai, Franklin, holding a 4.5 rating from visitors.
Regional parks along the coast often include camping grounds alongside walking tracks and open space, so it's worth checking well ahead whether sites need to be booked in advance, particularly over summer weekends when coastal camping fills up fast. A coastal regional park also tends to combine several activities in one visit, a walk, a swim, maybe some fishing off the shore, so it pays to plan for more than just one thing to do rather than a single quick stop. Weather can shift how enjoyable a coastal park is more than an inland one, so checking wind and tide before heading out is worth the extra minute.
For those in the Whakatiwai area after a proper coastal day out, Waharau Regional Park is well worth planning a visit around.