Sometimes the dogs and I are lucky and we have the 10 Km of beach between Ōtaki and Kuku all to ourselves. To be honest: I think I saw a couple of dots 2 km away north of the river mouth, but that could have just been driftwood.

Looking south: empty beach as far as the eye can see. Looking north: empty beach as far as the eye can see. Map showing 10 Km of west coast beach between Ōtaki in the south and Kuku in the north.