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Underwater reef at Goat Island
Not surveyed

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.

How this reef is doing

How we measure this

Reef state

Not surveyed

Fishing is held back here, which gives the reef room to recover.

Coral cover

Not surveyed

Fish life

Not surveyed

Heat

Not surveyed

Fishing

QuietBusy

Quiet water, and fishing is fully banned here.

Protected

Sources · Global Fishing Watch and reef gravity

What you will see

3 species across the dive sites here

Dive sites

Gear & getting wet

  • Basic kit

    • Mask and fins
    • BCD and regulator
    • 7mm wetsuit or drysuit · cold water
    • Dive computer