Wharariki Beach, Sandy beach in Tasman District, New Zealand.

Wharariki Beach sits at the northern tip of the South Island, where pale sand spreads between tall cliffs and the open ocean. Several rock arches and offshore islands rise from the water, shaped over time by the waves.

Wharariki Beach lies west of Cape Farewell, the northernmost point of the South Island, and is reached only by a 20-minute walking track from the end of Wharariki Road, about 4 km from the village of Pūponga. The Archway Islands offshore are a small archipelago of four islands, and an image of the coastline became the default lock screen of Microsoft's Windows 10.

The beach is reached by a 20-minute walking track from the end of Wharariki Road, about 4 km from the village of Pūponga. A camping ground sits along the road, but the beach itself has no development. The Archway Islands appear often in New Zealand landscape calendars.

The walk from the car park takes about twenty minutes through open woodland to reach the sand. At high tide, little space remains between the water and the cliffs, so checking the tide times beforehand helps.

The Archway Islands, the four-island group just offshore, were used as the default lock screen image of Microsoft's Windows 10. The easternmost island's tidal pools are where fur seal pups play, reachable on foot at low tide.