Nearby is the recreation area (tennis courts, volley wall and skateboard area), but really you are here to visit the beach (and possibly find this cache).
A reminder that this is not a safe beach for swimming, so please swim between the flags (usually located in front of the surf club, which is left of this walkway).
When I was hiding the cache, at the waters edge was a NZ dotterel (other names: red-breasted dotterel, tūturiwhatu, tuturiwhatu, tuturiwhatu pukunui, rako, red-breasted plover, New Zealand plover).
Whiritoa beach has several breeding pairs, so areas of the dunes have been marked off (above high tide mark) to keep humans from accidentally standing on one of there eggs which can be well camouflaged on the sand. The birds usually lay three eggs, between August and September.
Read the hint, this is a busy walkway, so please be stealthy in your retrieval of the cache.
Enjoy exploring Whiritoa beach