Welcome to Ohope Beach, Bay of Plenty

New Zealand

Ohope Beach is New Zealand's best beach...

Geology of the Ohope and the Eastern Bay of Plenty.

Photos by Andrew Whyte.

The Coastline of Ohope Beach has been formed by millions of years of geological processes. Off shore the active marine volcano of White Island steams away in a constant reminder of the awesome volcanic power of the region and the occasional earth tremor can be felt as the earth crust continues to progress.

Ohope Beach lies on the Pacific Ring of Fire, so called because of the volcanic nature along the fault lines where the Pacific and the Australasia plates meet.

 

 

We are fortunate to have detailed extended notes on the Geology of Ohope Beach. You will find this to be a valuable education resource and of the utmost interest. We thank Dr David Kear of Ohope for preparing these valuable notes on Ohope Beach.

Other geological information can be accessed on our White Island feature with links to the Geo Net website including web cams and the latest earthquake report.

Extended Notes

White Island