Algies Bay is a tranquil, beautiful and unspoiled area just north of Auckland. With only 450 residential properties, many of which are holiday homes, the beach remains reasonably unspoiled. The beach is sandy and the tides are gentle in most weather conditions making it ideal for younger children to swim.
Algies Bay offers fantastic fishing, swimming, stand up paddle boarding, water skiing and other water recreational activities. It is the home of the Sandspit Junior Sailing and is the centre for a number of Regattas both International and National.
The area has three public reserves, toilet facilities, two playgrounds, a Petanque Court and nearby Highfield Reserve offers fantastic views over Kawau Bay as well as having a group of resident donkeys who really enjoy meeting visitors and making friends.
Just over the water from the Bay is Kawau Island, made famous by Sir George Grey, and visitors may wish to visit Mansion House by catching a ferry from Sandspit or when just boating in the Bay.
Nearby you can enjoy the Brick Bay Sculpture trail, Matakana Farmers market, Morris and James unique pottery and cafe, or get in a round of golf or some surfing at Omaha.
Set on a remote peninsula hugging the northern edge of Kawau Bay, is Tāwharanui Regional Park, New Zealand’s first integrated open sanctuary, bringing together conservation, sustainable farming and recreational activities in one spectacular coastal zone. Tawharanui boasts some of Auckland’s most beautiful pearly-white beaches, rolling pasture, shingle bays, native coastal forests and regenerating wetlands. The North Island brown kiwi is prolific and frequently spotted here at night, and Tāwharanui is one of the rare places you can see endangered takahē in the wild.
Just a short drive further north is Te Hāwere-a-Maki / Goat Island Marine reserve, with it's colourful and plentiful fish and lots of opportunities to experience our marine life while snorkeling or diving.
