Waves swirl around rugged boulders on a sandy beach with hazy mountains visible across the water at Cape Kidnappers on Hawke’s Bay in New Zealand.

At low tide sandy beaches appear between rocky outcrops along Cape Kidnappers at Hawke’s Bay on New Zealand’s North Island. This area is only accessible at low tide.

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