Beaches| There are two main beaches at Piha: Piha south of the Lion Rock, North Piha to the north. All the beaches on this stretch of the West Coast are black iron sand beaches which get very hot to walk on in the sun.  Piha looking north to Lion Rock and further to North Piha. Photo: Sandra Coney Piha is the smaller with the more even surf. Rips run around the Pakiti Rock to the south, and out by the Lion Rock. North Piha is long and wild with many rips and holes. Swimming is only safe on either beach where there are surf club patrols. A steep walk over the bluff at the northern end of North Piha, brings you to White's Beach, a tiny beach which can only be reached by a challenging walk down the cliff or a scramble down the hill at the middle of the beach. At the southern end of Piha is The Gap, a small beach that only exists at low and mid-tide and is filled through a gap in the rocks out to the Tasman Sea. At low tide a pool is formed called the Blue Pool that is great for kids swimming. The Gap can be reached by walking around the rocks and sand at low tide or by taking the Tasman Lookout Track over the hill. The Tasman Lookout Track does not descend to the The Gap but overlooks it.
Waiatarua - www.waiatarua.org.nz Te Araroa Trust : www.teararoa.org.nz Te Araroa Trust was
founded in August 1994. Its patrons are Sir Edmund Hillary and Sir Wilson
Whineray. Trust members are Jenny Wheeler (chair), Bob Harvey (deputy
chair), Linda Bercusson David Beattie, John Bould, Warren Gibb, David
Lilly, and Michael Fitchett. The CEO is Geoff Chapple, and the Secretary
is Alison Henry. www.piha.org.nz - the offical site for the Piha Ratepayers and Residents Association
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