Located in the Zevulun Valley in the Western Galilee, near the archaeological site of Tel Afek and the HaKerayot agglomeration, it falls under the jurisdiction of the Mateh Asher Regional Council.

Sea Company) on the dunes near present-day Kiryat Haim, with the goal of getting jobs in the Port of Haifa.

In 1938 the kibbutz was moved to the coast in the area of Acre as a "tower and stockade" settlement, and was renamed Mishmar HaYam (Hebrew: משמר הים, lit.

Its current name is derived from the adjacent Tel Afek, a candidate for one of the biblical Apheks (Joshua 19:30).

It also has three factories: Asiv produces fabrics, Mego medical supplies, and Hinnanit dolls and clothing accessories.