
Boat Trips & Cruises
The Red Boats Fishing Charter
The Red Boats runs public fishing trips on Auckland's Waitematā Harbour aboard MV Ocean Spirit, a purpose-built 45ft launch with large covered fishing areas and onboard toilets. Skippers bring more than a decade of charter fishing experience, backed by the latest electronic fish-finding equipment — which goes some way to explaining the outfit's solid catch record.
- How muchTe utu
- Free
- Ages
- 4–89+
- WhereKei hea
- St Marys Bay
- Rating
- 4.3
- 485 on Google
LocationTe wāhi
31 Westhaven Drive, St Marys Bay, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
What it is
Individual trips are open to anyone from solo anglers to groups of up to eight, joining a boat that carries a maximum of 18 passengers on public sailings. Rods are available to hire if pre-booked, and anglers should bring their own bait and food; alcohol is BYO. Both full-day and evening options run across the season.
It suits families with older children who are ready to try their hand at sea fishing — the covered deck keeps everyone comfortable, and heading home with a bin of fresh fish makes for a satisfying end to the day.
What other parents say
Had an exceptional experience aboard the Hogwash for The Red Boats Sunset Cruise! Ari was a fantastic guide, very knowledgeable and engaging and Liam was great as well! Genuinely A+ customer service, Ari offered to share her Hotspot with folks ordering an Uber when they departed and offered to assist with calling a Taxi if needed. The entire cruise was a delight with great info about the Harbor and the Auckland skyline and beautiful sunset views. 10/10 recommend as a must do in Auckland! Dress warm and arrive at least 15 minutes early like they suggest to get a great seat on the boat and to not get left behind. Lovely local business and truly a great experience, I will absolutely be back next time I am in Auckland!
An absolutely fantastic tour we had this evening on this family run boat. Whilst they don't have the ability to control the weather (so no 'sunset'), it was still well worth going for the night lights around the harbour and bridge. They tried to sort spot some orca instead and made it great by doing a couple of laps in places. Super friendly and welcoming.
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What a beautiful Auckland sunset cruise my partner and I had. It was great seeing the landmarks around the harbour and learning about it's rich history. An insightful and knowledgeable tour guide as well as cruising under the Auckland Harbour Bridge - twice! :-) would definitely recommend this cruise and at such a great price too!
Was an amazing ride, was worth every dollar. Your given interesting facts and they'll stop/slow down for you to take photos. Was utterly an amazing experience especially when it was my first time here in Auckland. Definitely coming back.
I don't know the secret to happiness, but I have never felt sad while eating cheese, or being in/on/near the water. We had a lovely cruise around the Auckland Harbour seeing places like the Sky Tower, the Harbour Bridge, Devonport Naval Base, The Cloud, the Viaduct Harbour and Rangitoto Island. In the end we saw huge stingrays feeding. We each had an individual cheese and snack pack, and a choice of either wine or a beer. I absolutely LOVE the idea of individual packs. This means you don't have to keep getting up to dish and one person gets all while another gets nothing. It's quite a generous portion! I was also impressed that they had about 5 or 6 beer choices. (Not sure about the wine, because no thanks). Thank You Red Boats for a great afternoon. I just feel that the cheese and wine cruise should be child free, because the kids running all over the place, yelling, up the stairs, down the stairs, was very distracting and irritating.
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