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Clarks Beach
Clarks Beach is located in New Zealand
Clarks Beach
Clarks Beach
Coordinates: 37°07′41″S 174°41′24″E / 37.12806°S 174.69000°E / -37.12806; 174.69000
Country New Zealand
RegionAuckland Region
Territorial authorityAuckland Council

Clarks Beach is a small town of Auckland, New Zealand. It is in the former Franklin District local government area.

Primarily a beachside rural town, situated within the Manukau Harbour, at the mouth of the Waiuku River, it fronts the harbour and is north facing. It is known as one of the few beaches where scallops can be collected by hand at low tide.

The population was 1,101 in the 2013 census.

Seagrove aerodrome operated near Clarks Beach during World War II.