Waikawa Beach is a small settlement in the Horowhenua District of the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island.

[4] The Facilities Block now offers two accessible toilets, a family changing room, and storage for use by the Waikawa Beach Ratepayers Association.

There are also outdoor showers, a gas barbecue and picnic tables under cover, and drinking fountain.

[5][6] On Monday 13 October 2008 a concrete boat ramp was laid next to the footbridge by volunteers from the community.

[8][9] Waikawa Beach includes rural landscape, river, beach, wetlands and a couple of small freshwater lakes, Waimarie and Te Puna a te Ora.

This allows for a wealth of birdlife including gulls, terns, dotterels, herons, shovelers, spoonbills, the Nationally Critical bittern, shags, godwits and dozens of other species.

Waikawa Beach is defined by Statistics New Zealand as a rural settlement and covers 1.50 km2 (0.58 sq mi).