Hotels on the beach in Tauranga, New Zealand
Hey! I love staying in a nice beachfront hotel - being able to go straight from your room down to the ocean is a priceless feeling. To help save some time when booking your next vacation I've put together this list of beach hotels and resorts in Tauranga. I hope you will like it!
This page was last updated in June 2026.
The List 1 Amazing Beach Hotel in Tauranga
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1 Harbour View Motel and Waterfront Apartments
Tauranga
Just 131 feet from the stunning Tauranga Harbor, Harbor View Motel and Waterfront Apartments offers free Wi-Fi, free kayak rental and features a beautifully cobbled courtyard with a communal BBQ area. Each apartment includes a 32-inch flat-screen TV with satellite channels and a kitchen or kitchenette with a stove, microwave and tea/coffee making facilities. Some offer a lovely garden view. Reception can provide information on local Dolphin Encounters, fishing charters and scuba diving trips. There are also 4 different golf courses within 15 minutes’ drive of the property. Memorial Park is 3 minutes’ walk from the motel and apartments. Tauranga’s city center is an 8-minute walk and offers a variety of shops, cafés and restaurants. Mount Maunganui is 12 minutes’ drive away. Harbor View Motel and Waterfront Apartments have a range of room types. From two absolute stunning deluxe waterfront apartments, to a stock standard motel room, and everything in between; being a large 3 bedroom family unit, superior 2 bedroom units with partial harbor views, to our popular studio units. Two of our units/apartments have private gardens. We have large covered communal courtyard for guest use, and plenty of off-street parking, with two trailer/large vehicle parks, along with free WIFI and kayak use. Centrally located, a 8 minute walk central Tauranga, and a three minute walk away from the lovely Memorial Park, with Mount Maunganui a 12 minute drive away, you can't beat us for location. The sunrises over the peaceful inner harbor are spectacular, and with a lovely waterfront reserve in front of our property, there is plenty of space to relax and make the most of our waterfront location.
Address 7 Fifth Avenue East Show on map
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