Otago region

The Otago region covers a land area of 32,000 square kilometres from the Waitaki River in the north to The Brothers Point in the south and inland to Lake Wakatipu, Queenstown, Hawea, Haast Pass and Lindis Pass. It is home to 202,467 people. The coastline stretches approximately 480 km from the Waitaki River in the north to Wallace Beach in the south. The coastal marine area extends out to sea 22.2 km.

Summer monitoring:  Our recreational monitoring starts in December and runs through until March.