Description:
- Overlooking the Manukau Harbour entrance and South Head, Whatipu is a wild wind and spray-driven beach popular for walking and surfcasting. Accessible from Huia along a twisty gravel road, Whatipu was once a major kauri (native timber) shipping port with a wharf built along Cutter Rock. Manukau Entrance was the scene of the sinking of the HMS Orpheus in 1863 with the loss of 189 souls. Some survivors managed to make it to Cutter Rock. See Orpheus artefacts at the small museum at Huia, open summer weekends.
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Contact:
- visit website
- tel: +64 9 979 7070 (Tourist Information)
Address:
- Whatipu Road
- Waitakere
- Auckland 1008
Neighborhood:
Outside the cityHours:
- 24 hours M-Su
Strenuousness:
- Easy
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