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Extremely crowded in hot spring area. People are very selfish with hot pools and don’t tend to share the small area with the springs. When you do get the chance to make a small pool, it’s very fun and the water is great.

Don't come too early! The tide needs to go out to expose the heated area which you can feel by digging your feet into the sand. We arrived too early and dug for an hour in the wrong area for no reason, do the research on where to dig to save you time. Walk about 250 meters from the end car park back along the beach to find a rock outcrop. We found the heated area on the seaward side of the rocks. See the photo. We ended up digging with complete strangers to try to find a heated area and ended sharing our pool which was a nice touch. The springs are hot - almost unbearable, so a bucket to get seawater is a good idea to cool your pool down. Don't forget to use sunscreen too!

Hot Water Beach is amazing - dig your own pool and sit in a warm, free jaccuzi just by the ocean. First time we did it was under a full moon and thousands of stars - magical. The second day we did this the water was even too hot to sit in after a while. Fantastic experience - MUST DO!