Harbourmaster Notifications

The Harbourmaster is making enquires to identify the owner of the Dingy LEO. If you are or know the owner, contact the Harbourmaster by email to [email protected] or via phone on 03 520 7400. Quoting incident number 12399 when you make contact.

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The Shorthanded Sailing Association of NZ will be running a yacht race departing at approx. 1400 hrs on Monday 09 March. The start line will be between the southern point of Motuara Island to Cape Koamaru as shown below.

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​Harbour Notice 10-2026
A number of swimming events is taking place between Friday 20 March and Sunday 22 March 2026 as per below.

Ship Cove Te Ruatarore Bay (as per below map) starting at 1030 and finishing at 1200 on Friday 20 March 2026.

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Te Ruatarore Bay and Resolution Bay (as per below map) starting at 1300 and finishing at 1430 on Friday 20 March 2026.​

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Harbour Notice 03-2026
Seaworks are undertaking a survey operation in Cook Strait for Transpower New Zealand. During operations, survey vessel Seasurveyor will have a tow-fish deployed near the seabed and will be operating as Restricted Ability to Manoeuvre (RAM). The tow fish will generally be deployed to the seabed, however may be up to 1,000m behind the main survey vessel.

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​Notice to the public issued under section 305(1)(d) of the Maritime Transport Act 1994
To: Any member of the public

 

Incident: GOLDEN LEA

Marlborough District Council is carrying out marine oil spill response activities in response to the above incident. In order to take such action, and in the interests of public safety, the Regional On-Scene Commander considers it necessary to restrict access to [any… read on

A vessel has sunk at mooring 277 in Little Ngakuta Bay.

All vessels are to proceed at slow speed when navigating to the nearby jetty or manoeuvring near mooring 277.

All mariners are advised to navigate with caution. read on

20 November 2025
In addition, a wreck has been found in Tom Canes Bay located at position 41°19.175'S, 174°06.663'E. It is located approximately in 4.3 metres of water.

All mariners are advised to navigate with caution.

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24 October 2025
Uncharted rocks have been located during survey work in the vicinity of position 41 21.820’ S 174 05.519’ E.

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Harbour Notice 21-2025
An algae bloom monitoring programme has commenced in Tory Channel / Kura Te Au.

The programme involves 6 passive sampling devices which are attached to small plates by a buoy located in

Deep Bay, Tawa Bay and Whatamango Bay.

Bay Name

Buoy # of 6

GPS co-ordinate

Whatamango Bay

Buoy 1 of 6

S 41°15'57.8" E 174°04'33.0"

Whatamango Bay

Buoy 2 of 6

S 41°15'57.1" E 174°04'31.9"

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The Picton Marina Rear Leading Light affixed to Town Wharf #1 has been raised in height by one meter. This alteration has occurred to improve differentiation between both Front and Rear Leading Lights for inbound mariners. read on

If you’re using the app and images are loading normally, no action is needed. However, if your app fails to load images when you tap on a bay, the quickest way to fix this problem is to uninstall then reinstall the app. After uninstalling, search for Cruise Guide for Marlborough from the App Store (for iPhone users) or Google Play… read on