Muriwai is a great beach for surfing. It’s rugged and a big playground for kids. At the main beach entrance you’ll find the surfers out, a big cave to explore, rock pools, a blowhole when the tide is in, and you can also walk up to see the gannets from the clifftop platforms from August to March.

The gannets come to lay their eggs so from August you’ll see them arriving and making their nests, to their chicks hatching and slowly losing their baby feathers before they fly off to Australia in March. There are around 1,200 of them, it is a sight to see.

They have a new playground and cafe right by the carpark.