Cathedral Cove Guides: Access, Getting There, Boats, Tides
Cathedral Cove guides: whether the walk is open, how to get there, the day trip from Auckland, boat or kayak or walk, swimming and the tides at Hot Water Beach.
Is Cathedral Cove Open?
Cathedral Cove's walk status as the Department of Conservation gives it, read 8 November 2026: when DOC closes it, the closures since 2023, the side tracks, and the boats and kayaks.
Read guide →How to Get to Cathedral Cove
Getting to Cathedral Cove: why you cannot drive to the track, the free Hahei car park, the NZ$8 shuttle, the 5 km walk, the boats and kayaks, and the day tours from Auckland.
Read guide →Cathedral Cove Tour from Auckland
Cathedral Cove as a day trip from Auckland: 175 km by road, two 12-hour day tours with lunch and Hot Water Beach, how the hours split, what reviewers say, and prices.
Read guide →Cathedral Cove: Boat, Kayak or Walk?
The ways to Cathedral Cove compared: boat tours from Whitianga and Hahei, the kayak tour that lands on the beach, sailing and snorkel trips, and the walk. Time, start points and prices.
Read guide →Can You Swim at Cathedral Cove?
Swimming and snorkelling at Cathedral Cove: what the Department of Conservation says, the marine reserve rules, tides and the archway, boats near swimmers, and the snorkel trips.
Read guide →Cathedral Cove Tides and Hot Water Beach
Why the tide matters at Cathedral Cove and Hot Water Beach, the two-hours-either-side-of-low-tide rule, where to find official tide times, and how the day tours plan around it.
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