{"id":508212,"date":"2026-01-11T09:32:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T09:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/508212\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T09:32:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T09:32:10","slug":"long-bay-closed-to-cars-as-people-on-north-shore-flock-to-the-beach-amid-soaring-temperatures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/508212\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Bay closed to cars as people on North Shore flock to the beach amid soaring temperatures"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cBe patient where vehicle access to beach and parks will be busy,\u201d said a council spokesperson. <\/p>\n

\u201cLong Bay Regional Park is not closed, but has reached vehicle capacity due to the hot weather we\u2019re experiencing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no issue with water quality at almost all Auckland beaches and swim spots, though people can check safeswim.org.nz\/<\/a> to be make sure for themselves.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe encourage people to explore other locations to find a place to cool off, and be patient where vehicle access to beach and parks will be busy.\u201d<\/p>\n

MetService meteorologist Mmathapelo Makgabutlane told the Herald that temperatures remain on track to shatter current heat records, with northwesterly winds from Australia already pushing highs past 30C in several regions by midmorning.<\/p>\n

\u201cHawke\u2019s Bay and Tair\u0101whiti Gisborne are still looking to be some of the hotter places in the country,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce those northwesterlies hit the coast, that\u2019s when we\u2019re expecting the temperatures to ramp up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Multiple heat alerts are in place today across the country, alongside an \u201cextreme\u201d fire risk.<\/p>\n

\"Hawke\u2019sHawke\u2019s Bay is looking to be one of the hottest places in the country this weekend. Photo \/ Ian Cooper<\/p>\n

Most at risk of breaking high temperature records today are Whang\u0101rei, Whitianga and Napier; the latter\u2019s January record of 36.9C in 1979 being only 0.9C above today\u2019s forecast of 36C, the MetService said.<\/p>\n

Auckland is among those to see its forecast high rise to 29C.<\/p>\n

Forecast temperatures have been rising all week, with the MetService saying some areas \u2013 including Northland, Coromandel and Hawke\u2019s Bay \u2013 could break January records today.<\/p>\n

The scorching heat and strong winds this weekend sparked concerns about both fires and a rise in water-related incidents after at least two people drowned in separate incidents<\/a> yesterday.<\/p>\n

MetService meteorologist Rob Kerr said it\u2019ll be dry with these northwesterlies, particularly in northern Wairarapa, Hawkes Bay, and Gisborne.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose are the areas that we\u2019re focusing on for high risk of fires.\u201d<\/p>\n

He urged caution for people planning barbecues in the next few days.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnything that\u2019s lit, sparks can fly and get driven quite a long way and start fires,\u201d Kerr said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cBe patient where vehicle access to beach and parks will be busy,\u201d said a council spokesperson. \u201cLong Bay…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":508213,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[66062,1911,227399,9074,12883,419,12190,80159,35391,746,1238,156207,227400,20341,17354,5824,3546,106181,20797,159,33075,155433,17541,448,447,227401,67,132,68,2536,313],"class_list":{"0":"post-508212","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-amid","9":"tag-as","10":"tag-aucklands","11":"tag-bay","12":"tag-beach","13":"tag-cars","14":"tag-closed","15":"tag-crowds","16":"tag-during","17":"tag-environment","18":"tag-find","19":"tag-flock","20":"tag-flocked","21":"tag-long","22":"tag-north","23":"tag-on","24":"tag-people","25":"tag-popular","26":"tag-relief","27":"tag-science","28":"tag-shore","29":"tag-soaring","30":"tag-temperatures","31":"tag-the","32":"tag-to","33":"tag-todays","34":"tag-united-states","35":"tag-unitedstates","36":"tag-us","37":"tag-vehicles","38":"tag-weather"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115875777231842162","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=508212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508212\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/508213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=508212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=508212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=508212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}