Sea fishing

Sea fishing in Taranaki

0 wharves, 4 boat ramps and 65 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.

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shore wharf boat ramp no fishing hereOpen the full map →Map: LINZ aerial imagery (LINZ Basemaps), CC BY 4.0

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

  • Tapuae Marine Reserve marine reserve: no fishing of any kind. Details
  • Western Taranaki Temporary Closure temporary closure: some species or methods are closed (Fisheries (Western Taranaki Temporary Closure) Notice 2024 (MPI 1886)). Details

2 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.

  • Waikumera Point, Mokau RoadMap
    Shore
  • Umukaha PointMap
    Shore, by an unformed roadSeabed mapped
    4 m5 m9 m10.5 mshore250 m500 m750 m1000 m011 m
    Seabed, looking west: 4 m deep at 100 m out, 5 m deep at 200 m out, 9 m deep at 500 m out. LINZ survey, March 2025 to November 2025.
  • Umukaha PointMap
    Shore, by an unformed road
  • Tongapōrutu, Mokau RoadMap
    Shore
  • Shore accessMap
    Shore, by an unformed road
  • Shore accessMap
    Shore, by an unformed road
  • Pariokariwa PointMap
    Shore, by an unformed road
  • Pariokariwa PointMap
    Shore, by an unformed road
  • Pariokariwa PointMap
    Shore, by an unformed road
  • Pariokariwa PointMap
    Shore, by an unformed road
  • Pariokariwa PointMap
    Shore, by an unformed road
  • Pariokariwa PointMap
    Shore, by an unformed road
  • Waiiti, Beach RoadMap
    Shore
  • WaitoitoiMap
    Shore, by an unformed road
  • Motunui, Turangi Road LowerMap
    ShoreSeabed mapped
    1 m3 mshore50 m100 m150 m200 m300 m06 m
    Seabed, looking north: 1 m deep at 100 m out, 3 m deep at 200 m out; the survey stops 300 m out. LINZ survey, March 2025 to November 2025.
  • MotunuiMap
    ShoreSeabed mapped
    1.5 m2.5 mshore100 m200 m300 m400 m07 m
    Seabed, looking north: 1.5 m deep at 100 m out, 2.5 m deep at 200 m out; the survey stops 400 m out. LINZ survey, March 2025 to November 2025.
  • Waipapa, Otaraoa RoadMap
    ShoreSeabed mapped
    1 m1 mshore50 m100 m150 m200 m02 m
    Seabed, looking north: 1 m deep at 100 m out, 1 m deep at 200 m out; the survey stops 200 m out. LINZ survey, March 2025 to November 2025.
  • Te Whai-taranui-a-Whare-Matangi-ki-te-kimi-i-tana-matua-a-NgarueMap
    ShoreSeabed mapped
    1 m2 m7.5 mshore100 m200 m300 m400 m500 m08 m
    Seabed, looking north: 1 m deep at 100 m out, 2 m deep at 200 m out, 7.5 m deep at 500 m out. LINZ survey, March 2025 to November 2025.
  • Te Whai-taranui-a-Whare-Matangi-ki-te-kimi-i-tana-matua-a-NgarueMap
    Shore
  • Urenui boat rampMap
    Boat ramp

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.