Cooks Beach

Cooks Beach (Pukaki)
Cooks Bay
Coordinates: 36°50′17″S 175°44′20″E / 36.838°S 175.739°E / -36.838; 175.739
CountryNew Zealand
RegionWaikato
DistrictThames-Coromandel District
WardMercury Bay ward
Community BoardMercury Bay Community
Electorates
Government
  CouncilThames-Coromandel District Council
  Regional councilWaikato Regional Council
  Mayor of Thames-CoromandelLen Salt
  Coromandel MPScott Simpson
  Hauraki-Waikato MPHana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke
Area
  Total
2.69 km2 (1.04 sq mi)
Population
 (June 2024)
  Total
620
  Density230/km2 (600/sq mi)

Cooks Beach (Pukaki) is a town on a three-kilometre white-sand beach on the Coromandel Peninsula of New Zealand. To its north is Cooks Bay, and beyond that is Mercury Bay. To the east is the locality of Hahei and the tourist attraction of Cathedral Cove. Roads to the south connect to SH 25. On the northwest, Shakespeare Cliff is a scenic reserve with a lookout point.