Facts
Flea Bay/Pōhatu Marine Reserve
Around the shore
Mussels/kutai, limpets/ngakihi, chiton, sea tulips/kaeo, whelks, crabs/papaka, catseyes, barnacles/koromaungaunga, periwinkles/ngaeti, tubeworms, brown, red and green seaweed are found on the sandy beach and on the rocky shore platforms.
Hoiho (the endangered yellow eyed penguin) and korora breed in the reserve. Other birds found along the shore include the shag/kawau and the gull/tara.
On the water
Apricot anemone
Hector's dolphins are frequent summer visitors and fur seals haul out on the shore platforms.
There are many birds dependent on the sea around here for food, including titi (fairy prions), and tara (terns).
In the water
A variety of fish such as triplefins, lumpfish, moki, butterfish/marari, spotties, banded wrasse, blue cod/rawaru, leather jackets/kokiri, lobsters, paua and rockfish/taumaka swim the waters of Flea Bay.