Oreti Beach

Oreti Beach is the central bay of three lying on the Foveaux Strait coast of Southland, New Zealand, the others being Te Waewae Bay and Toetoes Bay. Twenty-six kilometres in length, the bay lies between the town of Riverton and the outflow of the Aparima River in the northwest, and the estuary of the Oreti River in the southeast.

The city of Invercargill is located on the Oreti River five kilometres east of the bay.

Suburbs and Localities in Invercargill City, Southland, New Zealand
Major settlements
  • Invercargill(seat)
  • Bluff
  • Clifton
  • Lorneville
  • Otatara
  • Waikiwi
Invercargill suburbs
  • Appleby
  • Ascot
  • Avenal
  • Georgetown
  • Gladstone
  • Glengarry
  • Grasmere
  • Hargest
  • Hawthorndale
  • Heidelberg
  • Kew
  • Kingswell
  • Newfield
  • Prestonville
  • Richmond
  • Rockdale
  • Rosedale
  • Strathern
  • Waihopai
  • Waverley
  • Windsor
Localities
  • Awarua Plains
  • Greenhills
  • Kennington
  • Mill Road
  • Motu Rimu
  • Myross Bush
  • Ocean Beach
  • Omaui
  • Oreti Beach
  • Sandy Point
  • Seaward Bush
  • Taramoa
  • Tisbury
  • Tiwai Point
  • West Plains
  • Waimatua
  • Woodend

Coordinates: 46°24′07″S 168°07′55″E / 46.4019°S 168.132°E / -46.4019; 168.132


Famous quotes containing the word beach:

    “The beach was crowded,
    people tossed like ripe corn,
    buttering themselves as they went
    and on the dunes thousands of crabs,
    moved their yellow eyes.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)