Sea fishing
Sea fishing in the Coromandel
13 wharves, 29 boat ramps and 196 places where a legal road or public land reaches the shore. Open any of them for whether today’s swell and wind reach it, and the tides.
Fish common here: snapper, kahawai, red gurnard, tarakihi, kingfish.
All sea fishing · See them on the map · MPI rules for this area
Where not to fish, or where local rules apply
- Cape Colville High Protection Area high protection area: fishing restricted. Details
- Te Mata and Waipatukahu Temporary Closure temporary closure: some species or methods are closed (Fisheries (Te Mātā and Waipatukahu Temporary Closure) Notice 2026 (Notice No. MPI 2014)). Details
1 places inside or beside a marine reserve or high protection area are left out of the lists below.
Places to fish
North to south. Wharves are the easiest start: deep water and flat footing. On rocks, wear a lifejacket and read the rock fishing advice.
- Te Wharekaiatua, Fletcher Bay RoadMapShore
- Fletcher Bay, Fletcher Bay RoadMapShore
- Fletcher Bay, Fletcher Bay RoadMapShore
- Goat Bay, Port Jackson RoadMapShore
- Stony Bay, Stony Bay RoadMapShore
- Goat Bay, Port Jackson RoadMapShore
- Rauporoa BayMapShore, by an unformed road
- Port Charles wharfMapWharf
- Fantail Bay, Port Jackson RoadMapShore
- Port CharlesMapShore, by an unformed road
- Port Charles, Port Charles RoadMapShore
- Port Charles, Carey RoadMapShore
- Fantail Bay, Port Jackson RoadMapShore
- Fantail Bay, Port Jackson RoadMapShore
- Port Jackson RoadMapShore
- Potiki BayMapShore, by an unformed road
- Port Jackson RoadMapShore
- Port Jackson RoadMapShore
- Port Jackson RoadMapShore
- Port Jackson RoadMapShore
Places from 2026-10-05. Shore, wharves, boat ramps, roads, parcels, place names and tide predictions: Toitū Te Whenua LINZ, CC BY 4.0. Unformed legal roads: Herenga ā Nuku Aotearoa, CC BY 3.0 NZ. Marine reserves and Hauraki Gulf protection areas: DOC, CC BY 4.0. Mātaitai, taiāpure and closures: MPI. Wind: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0. Waves: NOAA WAVEWATCH III via PacIOOS.