Whites Beach, Beach between Piha and Anawhata, Auckland Region, New Zealand

Whites Beach is a small beach on the west coast of the Auckland Region, directly north of Piha between Te Waha Point to the south and Fishermans Rock Point to the north. It formed as part of a volcanic eruption around 16 million years ago, and a subvertical volcanic pipe is exposed on the cliffs to the south. The beach is only reachable on foot.

The beach is named after settlers John and Francis White; Francis, a blacksmith, bought land from Te Kawerau ā Maki. In 1925 Jim Rose bought land above the beach and built a bach on the cliffs, and Sir Edmund Hillary later built a bach here. In early 1963 the prison escapee George Wilder spent some months living at Whites Beach after escaping from Mount Eden Prison.

The name honours settlers John and Francis White; Francis White was a blacksmith who bought land from Te Kawerau ā Maki. Above the beach, Jim Rose built a bach on the cliffs in 1925, and Sir Edmund Hillary also built a bach here. The prison escapee and folk hero George Wilder lived at Whites Beach for some months in early 1963.

Whites Beach has no road access; it is reached on foot only. The Rose Track links the beach to Anawhata Road, and the Laird Thompson Track connects it south to Piha. The beach lies between Te Waha Point to the south and Fishermans Rock Point to the north.

A subvertical volcanic pipe is exposed in the cliffs south of the beach, part of an eruption around 16 million years ago. The prison escapee and folk hero George Wilder lived here for some months in early 1963 after breaking out of Mount Eden Prison.