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Tunnel Beach is a beach to the southwest of Dunedin, New Zealand. Beyond the beauty of the rugged cliffs, its claim to fame is the tunnel down to the actual beach that a local politician, John Cargill, a son of Captain William Cargill, had had built in the 1870s for his family.This is the shortest and least strenuous of Dunedin walkways but undoubtedly possesses the most breathtakingly spectacular scenery. It is a coastal walk, descending a line of sea cliffs south of St Clair where the wild Pacific breakers have carved sheer headlands, sea stacks and arches, and the wind has sculptured shapes.  At Tunnel Beach, the rock is seen in detail. Careful examination will reveal shell fragments and possibly a fossil such as a brachiopod shell or echinoderm (sea urchin) or even bones of an extinct whale. At the top of the tunnel and on the promontories, the rock supports a community of soil-resistant species including Austral spleenwort. The tunnel was created in the 1870s by workmen employed by John Cargill, a son of Captain William Cargill. The Cargill families found seclusion and shelter on the beach at the foot of the tunnel steps. Children must be closely supervised on the unfenced coastal cliffs. The walkway is closed for lambing from 20 August to 20 October.

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