Wildlife
Goat Island Marine Reserve
Leigh, Auckland
New Zealand's first marine reserve, brilliant for snorkelling.
- Cost
- Free
- Booking
- No need to book
- Time to allow
- 2 hours
Cape Rodney–Okakari Point (Goat Island) Marine Reserve is full of fish that have never been fished, so snorkelling here is like swimming in an aquarium. You can hire gear nearby or take a glass-bottom boat trip. It gets very busy in summer, so go early.
Good to know
- Take your own snorkel kit or hire locally
- Fish are friendliest on calm days
- Parking can be full by mid-morning in summer
- Best time
- Calm, clear summer mornings
- Open
- All year, best Dec to Mar
- Getting there
- Sealed road, car park by the beach
- Vehicles
- Fine in any car
- Dogs
- No dogs
Facilities
- Picnic tables
- Toilets
The location is approximate. Check the official website before you go.
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