Swim only areas

Lake Taupō has SEVEN designated areas for swimming only.

These are marked with white and black banded posts ashore, and black and white buoys in the water.

No vessels may enter these areas at all:

  • Yacht Club Taupō
  • Main Beach Taupō
  • Between 3 & 4 Mile Bays
  • Kinloch
  • Pukawa
  • Kuratau
  • Whareroa