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Doubtless Bay is a bay situated on the east coast of the Northland region, north-east of Kaitaia. It extends from Knuckle Point in the north to Berghan Point in the south. There are rocky headlands, backed by many extensive beaches, such as Tokerau, Taipa, [[Cable Bay, and Cooper's Beach, and Mangonui Harbour.

Doubtless Bay was named by Captain James Cook who said, apparently, "Doubtless a bay"! in 1769 . In the same year the bay was visited by de Surville in his ship the Saint Jean Baptiste. In retaliation for the theft of a longboat which had gone adrift after his ship had dragged her anchor in a storm and narrowly escaped destruction, he carried off a Maori chief and set his village on fire. While at Doubtless Bay at Christmas 1769, de Surville's chaplain Today the only vegetation is short scrub, some gorse and wiwi. The area was a centre of Kauri gum extraction.