Lake · Hawke's Bay Region

Lake Waikaremoana

583 m1,913 ft

Area: 50 km²
Max depth: 248 m
Tonight: 9°CPartly cloudy · Wind 28 km/h NW

Lake Waikaremoana is a lake at 583 m above sea level in Hawke's Bay Region, New Zealand, 50 km² in area and 16.0 km long.

All facts

Surface elevation: 583 m
Length: 16.0 km
Shoreline: 105.0 km

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Lake

Lake Waikaremoana in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline: 105.0 km

3D map

Lake Waikaremoana 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Lake Waikaremoana terrain and contours

50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the centre

Lake Waikaremoana elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Lake Waikaremoana weather

Today · Clear · 9 / 19°C (48 / 66°F) · Wind 28 km/h NW

Lake Waikaremoana forecast for about 583 m.

Today9°19°–28 km/h NW
Sun8°19°–23 km/h NW
Mon8°17°0.3 mm38 km/h NW
Tue7°14°6.2 mm30 km/h NW
Wed7°14°0.3 mm21 km/h NW
Thu8°16°0.4 mm31 km/h W
Fri7°14°–12 km/h NW
Sat7°17°–20 km/h NW
Sun9°16°0.2 mm30 km/h NW
Mon10°17°2.8 mm32 km/h NW

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:19 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Lake Waikaremoana

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Lake Waikaremoana, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest campsite
Mokau Landing Campsite
3.7 km N · +2 more within 4.6 km
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Nearest hut
Waiharuru Hut
5.1 km WNW · +2 more within 5.8 km
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Nearest parking
Whaitiri Point
6.0 km E · +1 more within 7.4 km
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All mapped places 8

Place	Distance
Mokau Landing CampsiteCampsite	3.7 km N
Hut	4.2 km WNW
Tapuaenui CampsiteCampsite	4.4 km NW
Rosie Bay CampsiteCampsite	4.6 km ESE
Waiharuru HutHut	5.1 km WNW
Panekire HutHut	5.8 km SSW
Whaitiri PointParking	6.0 km E
Parking	7.4 km ENE

Slope

Share of the 18 × 18 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 50% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

50.1%

Moderate, 15–30°

41.1%

Steep, 30–45°

8.4%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.5%

Steeper than 30°: 8.9% of the 324 km² view
Relief in view: 1,126 m low point 121 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 80.3%Water 16.3%Grassland 3.4%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 9.0 km of Lake Waikaremoana.

Summit list 6

1Pukenui1,181 m 2.9 km S
2Bald Knob1,161 m 3.0 km S
3Pukehou835 m 4.6 km NW
4Puketapu1,180 m 5.2 km SSW
5Raekahu743 m 5.8 km SE
6Turiokahu605 m 6.5 km SE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 9.0 km; 577 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Paradise Shelduck21
Black Swan18
Neinei18
Silver beech17
Kidney fern16
Easter Orchid16

Where it sits

Where Lake Waikaremoana sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Inferno Crater Lake79 km NW

Downloads

Lake Waikaremoana downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGLake Waikaremoana satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2025-03-10.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025 (scene 2025-03-10)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Lake Waikaremoana

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