Hawke's Bay Beach
Beach in Karachi, Pakistan
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Hawke's Bay or Hawkesbay is a beach in Karachi, Pakistan, located 20 kilometres (12 mi) southwest of Karachi city. The beach is named after Bladen Wilmer Hawke, who owned a house on the beach during the 1930s.[1]
Hawke's Bay Beach | |
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Beach | |
A view over the beach | |
  Hawke's Bay Beach Location within Sindh  Hawke's Bay Beach Location within Pakistan | |
| Coordinates: 24.860202°N 66.863654°E | |
| Location | Karachi, Pakistan |
| Water bodies | Beach on Arabian Sea |
The beach is very popular, with hundreds of people visiting daily for swimming, camel and horse riding, and vacations.
Marine life
This beach is known for being a nesting ground for green sea turtle and olive ridley sea turtle during winter months. Due to this, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) organised a wetland centre on the beach for information regarding turtles.[2]
Hawkes Bay incidents
Various accidents have occurred due to lack of proper security and damaged boats used for giving rides to people.
