Comments on: Hot Water Beach

By: greg

greg — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 11:27:36 +0000

“I had no idea it was tops optional until Chris mentioned it.”

A wise answer :>

By: josh

josh — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 05:04:37 +0000

No, I had no idea it was tops optional until Chris mentioned it.

By: Louise Shimon

Louise Shimon — Sun, 26 Nov 2006 18:04:38 +0000

Good for you to be topless, Josh! Did you see very many women that were topless? Or any? When we were in Italy we went to a beach. Awhile later I asked Bill if he saw any topless women. He very casually said, “Only two.” !!!

I enjoyed looking at the Hot Water Beach web site.

By: Chris Clark

Chris Clark — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 23:58:14 +0000

I dunno if its official but seems to be.

http://www.mercurybay.co.nz/activities/hotwaterbeach.php

By: josh

josh — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 21:39:15 +0000

What is the Hot Water Beach website? I was indeed topless.

By: Chris Clark

Chris Clark — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 12:50:09 +0000

From the Hot Water Beach website on what to bring: “Beach gear, of course! Bathing suit (tops ARE optional 8Â·) and sandals”

Josh did you go topless?

By: josh

josh — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 09:44:12 +0000

The second day of our camping trip, after packing up camp, we headed south for the Hot Water Beach. When we arrived, we found out that the entire beach is not hot water. Rather there are hot water springs under the sand. You can rent a shovel or use your hands to dig out a hole to hold the hot water coming up from the sand. The water is extremely hot. It can get up to 65C, which is too hot to stay in for more than a second. The goal is to dig a large pit and get a good mixture of hot water and ocean water. Then sit and relax.

I have added a map of the North Island so you can see where things are located.