Omaha

Omaha is a small beach town on Omaha Bay in the Rodney District, in the north of New Zealand. It is located 74.7 km north of Auckland. It is on a sandspit that adjoins Tawharanui Peninsula and separates Whangateau Harbour from Omaha Bay. The nearest sizable town is Warkworth which is situated 16.8 km south west of Omaha. The sandspit of Omaha was formed during last glacial period, approximately 5000 to 6000 years BP. The Beach sediment composition is over 70% quartz sand, which gifted Omaha the natural "white" appearance. There are 3 artificial groynes had been placed at northern part of the sandspit, to accumulate sediment from Longshore Drift. Local council in last 2 decades had been placing various groups of plant to stabilize the...