Ōtaki Beach is a small settlement in the Kāpiti Coast District of the Wellington Region of New Zealand's North Island.

[3] A cairn opposite 224 Marine Parade commemorates the shipwrecks of Felixstowe, a barque, and City of Auckland, a full-rigged ship carrying immigrants, in October 1878.

[5] The area was divided into residential sections and roads built in the early 1920s.

[6][7] Ōtaki Beach is defined by Statistics New Zealand as a small urban area and covers 3.36 km2 (1.30 sq mi).

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 50.8% had no religion, 35.3% were Christian, 2.0% had Māori religious beliefs, 0.7% were Hindu, 0.2% were Muslim, 0.5% were Buddhist and 2.5% had other religions.