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Ocean Beach Family Retreat- private walkway to beach

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A balcony with a table and chairs, overlooking a coastal area with houses and a view of the sea.
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A modern kitchen with a central island, stainless steel appliances, and a large window providing natural light.
A two-story house with a balcony, a front porch, and a fenced yard.
A spacious dining area with a long wooden table, several chairs, and a modern pendant light.

Reviews

9.2 out of 10
Wonderful

Highlights

  • Bring your furry friends
    Top-rated for creating memorable stays with your pets.
  • Firepit available
    One of the few properties with a dedicated outdoor firepit.
  • Centrally-located
    You're never far from where you need to be with this convenient location.
  • Discover nearby landmarks
    Near Ocean Beach

Popular amenities

  • Balcony
  • Dog-friendly
  • Toys
  • Barbecue
  • Kitchen
  • Washing machine

Explore the area

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Whangarei Heads, Northland
  • Place, Ocean Beach
    ‪2 min walk‬
  • Place, Town Basin Marina
    ‪52 min drive‬
  • Place, Whangarei Falls
    ‪60 min drive‬
  • Airport, Whangarei (WRE)
    ‪46 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

5 bedrooms (sleeps 10)

Bedroom 4

1 Single Bunk Bed and 1 Single Bed

Downstairs Bedroom

1 Queen Bed

Master bedroom

1 Queen Bed

Upstairs Bedroom

1 Queen Bed

Upstairs Bunkroom

1 Single Bunk Bed

2 bathrooms

Bathroom 1

Bathtub or shower

Bathroom 2

Toilet · Shower only

Spaces

Deck or patio
Kitchen
Balcony
Separate dining area
Outdoor play area
Garden
Dining area

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About the area

Whangarei Heads

Located in Whangarei Heads, this holiday home is near the beach. Travellers eager for a bit of culture can stop by Waipu Museum, while those wishing to experience the area's natural beauty can explore Ocean Beach and Taurikura Bay. Kayaking, scuba diving and snorkelling offer great chances to get out on the surrounding water, or you can seek out an adventure with hiking/biking trails nearby.
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Whangarei Heads, Northland

What's nearby

  • Ocean Beach - 2 min walk - 0.2 km
  • Town Basin Marina - 52 min drive - 47.5 km
  • Whangarei Art Museum - 52 min drive - 47.5 km
  • Whangarei Quarry Gardens - 57 min drive - 51.1 km
  • Whangarei Falls - 60 min drive - 51.4 km

Getting around

  • Whangarei (WRE) - 32 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪McLeod Bay Fish and Chips - ‬10 min drive
  • ‪Land & Sea - ‬63 min drive
  • ‪Cafe North - ‬61 min drive
  • ‪Off The Hook Cafe And Bar - ‬64 min drive
  • ‪The Marina Eatery - ‬62 min drive

Frequently asked questions

Is Ocean Beach Family Retreat- private walkway to beach pet-friendly?

Yes, this property allows dogs (limit 1 total) with a maximum weight of up to 25 kg per pet.

How much does it cost to stay at Ocean Beach Family Retreat- private walkway to beach?

As of 9 Nov 2026, prices found for a 1-night stay for 2 adults at Ocean Beach Family Retreat- private walkway to beach on 19 Dec 2026 start from AU$1,095, including taxes and fees. This price is based on the lowest nightly price found in the last 24 hours for stays in the next 30 days. Prices are subject to change. Choose your dates for more accurate prices.

How much is parking at Ocean Beach Family Retreat- private walkway to beach?

On-site parking is available at the property.

What time is check-in at Ocean Beach Family Retreat- private walkway to beach?

Check-in begins at 3:00 PM.

What time is check-out at Ocean Beach Family Retreat- private walkway to beach?

Checkout is at 11:00 AM.

Where is Ocean Beach Family Retreat- private walkway to beach located?

This family-friendly Whangarei Heads holiday home is located by the sea, within 3 mi (5 km) of Ocean Beach and Mount Lion. Taurikura Bay and Mount Manaia are also within 6 miles (10 km).

Reviews

9.2

Wonderful

Reviews are presented in chronological order, subject to a moderation process, and verified unless otherwise labelled.
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Rating 10 - Excellent. 46 out of 64 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 13 out of 64 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 3 out of 64 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 64 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 64 reviews

8.6/10

Cleanliness

9.4/10

Check-in

9.2/10

Communication

10/10

Location

9.4/10

Listing accuracy

Reviews

Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Fabulous place, great location, great fireplace that kept us snuggly and warm. Perfect for two families. Host was very helpful.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2026
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Wonderful family house in perfect location.

This was a wonderful house for our group of friends. Lots of space, amazing kitchen, so close to the beach and lovely and private. Would love to stay again.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
We stayed at Ocean Beach with friends (a group of adults and young kids) and it was the perfect setup for a group like this.Clean, spacious house, modern kitchen with everything we needed, beautiful views from the upstairs rooms and an awesome garden for the kids. Nice to have an outdoor space on each side of the property so you can take advantage of the sun and the upstairs living area was really useful when the weather was rainy.
Stayed 7 nights in Dec 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Great location at lovely beach.Good sized and well appointed bach easily accomodating 3 couples, 2 children and a dog in low key comfort. Minor quibbles included; no toilet paper apart from that on the roll holders ( for a 7 night stay) and some out dated instructions … eg there is no waste and recycling station in Parua BayOverall a great place for a family holiday.
Stayed 7 nights in Dec 2025
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great location

Free flow house, enough space and privacy, all necessary utensils for beach life. Loved our stay. Back next year
Stayed 11 nights in Dec 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Beautiful beach

Really good
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

one night stay

Good staybut shame it was for only one night. Would have liked to stayed longer.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Kiwi adventure weekend

We made a long weekend out of the Saturday multi event race and the property was fantastic for that. A short walk from the beach, well stocked and an easy transfer point for the race it worked well for the two families. Loved the proximity to the beach, watched the sunrise, it really was as an ace location.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Fabulous family holiday

We had such a great time at Ocean beach. It was the perfect spot for an extended family to get away - lots of room upstairs for the kids to have their own space in the games lounge and the adults could be downstairs doing their own thing. Its an easy walk down a lane to the beach so we spent a lot of time swimming and walking down there. The kitchen is new and really fantastic, perfect for making big meals. Thanks for having us, brilliant holiday!
Stayed 9 nights in Jan 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

A super property for a family

Fabulous positioned property. Worked well with our family dynamic of teens and younger children. Fantastic kitchen, having 2 fridges was a huge bonus. Easy walk to the beach. Ideally situated if you want to do a days walk in the area. Property manager was excellent to deal with. Thank you.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Family getaway

we packed up grandma, the dogs and the kids and headed to the beach. Kids enjoyed the sandhills and surf.dogs enjoyed the beach walks, grandma enjoyed the change of pace. We were abit disappointed that the oven was smoky so didn't use and the Bbq was grubby so also didn't use which was a shame. Overall finish of home could have been better but overall it was good.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2024
Response from VrboOwner on 8 May 2024
We are glad to hear you enjoyed your stay! We will follow up to see why the oven and BBQ weren't up to our usual standard. Thanks for your feedback.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, communication, location
Disliked: Check-in, listing accuracy

Easter holiday

House was clean and so well equipped and fantastic location will definitely come back. Short walk to the stunning beach. Kids loved the ping pong and movies at night. Was a bit tricky to find at night in the dark and we ended up at the neighbours property trying to get in there but we eventually found where we had to go! Otherwise it was absolutely perfect! Loved it!!
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Another great holiday at Ocean Beach

We were a group of friends staying in this spacious, relaxed house a short work from the stunning Ocean Beach. Unfortunately it rained hard most days of our week long stay. But the house is big enough for us all to still have a good time. We played games, went for wet walks and ate and drank like kings so it was still fun. In a smaller house, it may not have been. We loved the large, well equipped kitchen, the 2 living areas, the ping pong table and view from the top floor.
Stayed 7 nights in Jan 2023
Verified review

2/10 Terrible

Liked: Location, listing accuracy
Disliked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication

Bach experience at a premium price

We booked at very short notice and the owners were upfront regarding the fire place not functioning which we discussed and were fine with.They, very generously, let us use their body boards which are not included in the rental. The bach is fairly run down and very casual; it is not fussy which works with children who enjoyed the pool table , boards games and the dvd player. The house is a short walk to the beach and the 5 rooms can accommodate large groups. The kitchen is well equipped and in perfect condition. However, the check in process was very obscure with a complete lack of instruction regarding bedsheets and towels: when we arrived the beds were not made and we couldn't find the bed sheets; I managed to call the owner which was lucky as there is no service at the house. She gave us the location of a key hidden in a very random place. It took some exploration to find the key and then the correct size fitted sheets. There were no towels and finally found 3 really tired beach towels that we had to share between my husband and our 3 kids. There were no garbage bags available so we used paper bags which we dropped to the closest waste disposal unit in Parua on our way back. Overall, we loved Ocean beach but not having the basics available at the house hindered our enjoyment of it. A high price commands a minimum of expectation which wasn't delivered.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2022
Response from VrboOwner on 21 June 2023
Dear Helene, we are very sorry that the check in instructions pack which is sent to you via email before your stay, never arrived in your inbox. This would have clearly explained that linen as well as towels are never included in the booking- although clean sets of duvets covers and pillow cases are already on each bed. It also details instructions of phone coverage in the area ( and were to find better coverage in the house/ nearby ) which can be patchy for some providers. When we spoke on the phone , we tried to offer you a solution to use the owners private back up linen in storage at the property, which is why the key was so hidden/ quality of towels etc was below par. I hope the partial refund on your booking has softened your experience- and you can look back a little fondly.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Nice place

Enjoyed the stay, would have stayed longer if had the chance and experienced more of the area.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great house, beautiful location

Great house, we’ll appointed and very tidy. Beautiful location - boarding down the sand dunes was a definite highlight
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2022
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Proper kiwi batch in amazing location

Just loved the relaxed vibe of this place. Not flash but with all that you need for a break away!
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2022
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Ocean beach

We really enjoyed our stay. Outdoor playground for the children & a table tennis table. Unfortunately for our the majority of our group who had to communicate with the outside world there was no cell phone coverage & no wifi which meant we had to drive to get coverage sometimes 2 or 3 times a day
Stayed 7 nights in Jan 2022
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, location, listing accuracy

Whangarei Heads Annual Holiday

Great location, ocean beach is 1 minute away, stunning walks around heads. Overall a lovely holiday. Holiday house is practical. Playground unsafe and hard to get reception in area. No broom and cleaning stuff for last day clean up. Borrowed family broom when they visited 😂 Would’ve loved to be able to use surfboards in garage. Overall, a relaxing holiday. Thank you
Stayed 11 nights in Dec 2021
Verified review

6/10 Okay

Liked: Location
Disliked: Communication, listing accuracy

Ocean Beach

just returned home after a good time with family at Ocean Beach - as far as that goes - thank you It is regrettable I need to confirm the following :- 1. the TV was absent - in my limited knowledge of Audio/TV the I believe there was no TV decoder present ?? - a "Dish TV remote" was but no decoder ?? 2. the XBox proved inoperative to all attempts - and there were a couple of XBox enthusiasts that were unable to obtain service 3. the DVD player was the only "success" in this department - BUT a couple of the DVD's that could have provided entertainment (The Wolf Of Wall St - to name one) proved useless as we were unable to get past the security seal !!!!!! 4. "we" took due heed , over your stated protocols with the waste bins BUT were disappointed to find small bin bag in each of the two main bins - one of which likely had a nappy in as it "WAS HIGH" and in addition a discarded babys undergarment accompanied the smelling bag. To call a halt to this one, we retrieved the offending material and managed to lose it into our own disposal ................................. 5. "we" also took heed of protocols with the fridge and freezers - in that we ignored the numerous items left in the one fridge - and simply worked around them - and left them in place at the end of the week !!! As for the freezers - we simply did without them !! any content and/or mess in the freezer compartments was NOT of our doing. I have to say that for both items 4 & 5, I would have expected the supervising entity to have dealt with all matters before our arrival A couple of other aspects which normally I would not have commented on - the Master Bedroom had two bedside lights - BUT my light was unable to reach a power source so was useless !! we would also have appreciated a soft broom and/or vacuum I can confirm we did not use either of the BBQ's ((we took our own Weber)) and we did not use/install the umbrella We did attempt to erect the PortaCot - but our efforts were in vain as the mechanisms to hold the upper frame in alignment was clearly faulty - my sons baby had to sleep with his parents - NOT an ideal situation. I suspect that a previous user failed to understand the release mechanisms for the fold down - and has forced the situation - resulting in the damaged cot. We are NOT responsible for this damage - we simply bring the situation to your attention. In hind sight - an "emergency contact" would have been reassuring
Stayed 7 nights in Apr 2021
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Ocean Beach

Absolutely lovely location, neighbours and beach! Very relaxing vacation for us.
Stayed 6 nights in Jan 2021
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great place to have holiday

Great kitchen Great beach and tracks around to take the kids on adventures Awesome range of board games! We loved our stay here ☀️
Stayed 6 nights in Dec 2020
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great location with easy access to the beach

Good size accommodation, perfect for children, easy to get to the beach
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2020
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location

Great house in ocean beach

All beds were comfy and the kitchen is well stocked with plenty of plates and cutlery. Plenty of room for our 6 adults and 4 children.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2020
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Wonderful bach in a spectacular spot.

We loved the house, the beach, the playground for the kids, the pool table, everything. We'll be back for sure.
Stayed 6 nights in Sep 2020
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