Waipu Cove Beach

Waipu Cove has great surf, a long safe beach, rocks to clamber over, and a walkway to the local secret destination of Pancake Rocks (ask a local about this amazing walk south of Waipu Cove).

Waipu is a small seaside town in Bream Bay, in the Northland Region of New Zealand, with a Scottish heritage. 

Just outside the town are the Waipu Caves, which contain a significant population of glow worms. Scramble through Waipu Caves where the 175m long main cave reveals one of the tallest stalagmites in New Zealand, an enormous 8 feet high. 

The huge limestone cave system covers some four square kilometres and is home to millions of glow worms adorning the cavernous ceilings and freshwater koura in the chilly pools below.