Goat Island
New Zealand · Northland
New Zealand's first marine reserve, a no take bay near Auckland famous for tame snapper, crayfish and recovering kelp forests.
Cape Rodney-Okakari Point Marine Reserve
Gold tier · Awarded 2018. New Zealand's first marine reserve, protected since 1975.
How this reef is doing
ⓘ How we measure thisReef state
Fishing is held back here, which gives the reef room to recover.
Coral cover
Fish life
Heat
Fishing
Quiet water, and fishing is fully banned here.
Sources · Global Fishing Watch and reef gravity
What you will see
10 species across the dive sites here
Australasian Snapper
Seen year round
at Western Reefs
Eagle ray
Seen year round
at Floors Reef
Goatfish
Seen year round
at Floors Reef
Octopus
Seen year round
at Floors Reef
Red Crayfish
Seen year round
at Western Reefs
Least concern
Red moki
Seen year round
at Floors Reef
Snapper
Seen year round
at Floors Reef
Least concern
Blue Maomao
Seasonal visitor
at Western Reefs
Kahawai
Seasonal visitor
at Floors Reef
Kingfish
Seasonal visitor
at Floors Reef