Beach & bay

Ngakuta Bay

A calm, bush-fringed bay with a beach on Queen Charlotte Drive, on the Link Pathway.

Photo: Krzysztof Golik / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

One of the sheltered bays on the road toward Anakiwa. Link Pathway Sections F and G meet here — 3.5 km to Momorangi Bay one way, 5.5 km up to Wedge Point Ridge the other.

Beach
Free
On the water
Bikes allowed

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At a glance

Cost: Free
Getting there: By road on Queen Charlotte Drive, or on foot/bike via the Link Pathway
Swimming: Not stated by any source

Calm water and yachts viewed from the gravel foreshore at Ngakuta Bay Recreation Reserve. Krzysztof Golik / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

About Ngakuta Bay

Ngakuta is a small settlement and beach on a sheltered arm of the sound, between Picton and Momorangi Bay on Queen Charlotte Drive. For walkers and riders it is a waypoint on the Link Pathway: Section F runs 3.5 km to Momorangi Bay (Grade 3, Intermediate) and Section G climbs 5.5 km to Wedge Point Ridge (Grade 3.5, Intermediate/Advanced).

Know before you go

Queen Charlotte Drive was closed between Grove Jetty and Picton by slips in the 7–8 July 2026 storm. We have not found a dated official notice of its current status, so check NZTA and Marlborough District Council road alerts before you drive it.