Owhiro Bay, Wellington Map

About Owhiro Bay, Wellington

Owhiro Bay is a locality in the Wellington Region of New Zealand. It has a population of approximately 2,040. It sits at an elevation of around 229 m above sea level. It lies approximately 6 km south-southwest of Wellington, the regional capital. Owhiro Bay is located at 41.3383°S, 174.7502°E. It observes New Zealand Time (NZST/NZDT). Statistics New Zealand classifies the area as a small urban area.

Owhiro Bay rests in a hollow of rolling hills, its landscape carved by ancient geological forces. It lies 6.1 km south-south-west of Wellington (from Wellington: bearing 200°T), and is situated 6.1 km south of Karori. The earth here is a deep, rich ochre, a stark contrast to the vibrant green of the scattered native bush that clings to the slopes. Streams, born from the higher country, meander through the valleys, their waters clear and cold, eventually finding their way towards the distant murmur of the sea at Owhiro Bay, approximately a kilometre away. The air carries a tang of damp earth and the faint, salty promise of the ocean, a constant reminder of the proximity to the Tasman Sea.

The history of Owhiro Bay is etched into the very fabric of its economy, which has long been tied to the land and its bountiful resources. For generations, sheep and beef farming have shaped the character of the region, with hardy flocks grazing the steep hillsides and cattle meandering through the fertile paddocks. While the open coastline of Owhiro Bay itself is a significant draw for recreation, the local economy has traditionally focused on agriculture rather than direct coastal industry. The distant rumble of the Wainuiomata River, though some twelve kilometres away, hints at the broader water systems that nourish this part of the Wellington Region, and whispers of the MacKenzie Track, a renowned walking route, suggest a connection to the wider natural heritage of the area.

About This Owhiro Bay Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Owhiro Bay, Wellington, New Zealand at coordinates -41.33828, 174.75019. Use the Map and Satellite buttons to switch views, the plus and minus buttons to zoom, and Fullscreen to fill the screen.

Search Maps opens a second, independent map with four things the embedded map cannot do. It searches OpenStreetMap for any New Zealand town, suburb or landmark by name. It offers LINZ topographic maps as a base layer — the official Topo250 and Topo50 sheets, switching scale automatically as you zoom, and the standard reference for tramping, hunting and back-country travel. It offers LINZ aerial imagery down to 5cm resolution in urban areas. And it can take a single GPS fix from your device and report your position as both an NZTM2000 grid reference and plain latitude and longitude — the grid reference being what New Zealand search and rescue services work from. Map tiles require mobile coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map itself cannot load.

My Location & Navigate starts the vector-tile navigator: live turn-by-turn driving directions from your current position to any destination, with spoken guidance, lane hints and automatic re-routing.

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Owhiro Bay sits within the Wellington Region. Location data is drawn from the GeoNames geographical database and verified by coordinates, ensuring the correct Owhiro Bay is identified even where the name is shared across multiple New Zealand localities.