Clean Marinas
Sailing in New Zealand waters

Your guide to New Zealand marina life

Practical knowledge, honest assessments, and a genuine love for our coastal waters -- from the people who actually tie up and go ashore.

60+ NZ Marinas Covered
2006 Established
100% Independent

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Where clean water meets marina culture

Clean Marinas began as part of New Zealand's clean marina accreditation programme -- the kind of .org.nz that government websites link to and tourism bodies reference. When the formal programme wound down, we kept going. Today we cover marina life, coastal destinations, and the culture of recreational boating in NZ waters. The environmental conscience remains: good boating and clean water are the same conversation.

Kaitiakitanga Environmental stewardship is not a section -- it is how we think about everything.
Rooted Localism Written for people mooring in Whangarei or launching at Tairua, not boaties in general.
Honest Assessment No commercial relationships with the facilities we cover. We say what we find.