Monkey Bay

This bay gives no shelter in prevailing westerly to northerly winds. It has calm water in northerly to southerly winds but in strong south easterly to southerly the wind funnels out of it with considerable force. 

Monkey Bay is open to the ferry wash.

There are some holiday batches with private jetties and moorings. 

History

It is believed that this bay received its Pākehā (non Māori) name because someone thought they saw a monkey in the bay.1

 

 

1. H. A. H. Insull, Marlborough Place Names, (Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1952) 50-51.

Shelter
Exposed
Holding
Poor
Depth
Shallow (<5m)
Type of beach
Sand | Cobble