History
Buffalo Beach and HMS Buffalo memorial
Whitianga, Waikato
A 3 km town beach with an anchor memorial to the HMS Buffalo wreck of 1840.
- Cost
- Free
- Booking
- No need to book
- Time to allow
- 45 min
The beach is named for HMS Buffalo, a storeship wrecked here in 1840 while loading kauri spars. A memorial anchor and signs near the north end of the town tell the story. The long sandy beach is safe for swimming and good for a flat evening walk.
Good to know
- Check the flags if the surf is up
- Walk it end to end for about an hour return
- Best time
- Evening
- Getting there
- Flat, sealed roads along the esplanade
- Vehicles
- Campervans fine
- Dogs
- Dogs on a lead
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