Goat Island Marine Reserve is on the coast at the small town of Leigh, approximately 90km north of Auckland, New Zealand.
For more than 30 years marine life has been fully protected from any form of fishing. For the marine enthusiast, the experience is one you will never forget.
Fish seen include snapper, blue maomao, parore, red moki, goatfish, leatherjackets, sweep, blue cod, spotties, kelpfish, marblefish, eagle rays and stingrays. Some of the snapper for which the reserve is famous, are a metre long and have lived in the reserve for many years.
Snorkel, Dive, take a glass bottom boat ride or just relax on the beach side.