Coastal Marine Field Station - University of Waikato

Coastal Marine Field Station - University of Waikato We are a University of Waikato environmental research institute, based in Tauranga, focused on coast

The University of Waikato’s Coastal Marine Field Station was established in December 2011 in Sulphur Point, Tauranga – the heart of the Bay of Plenty’s thriving marine industry. As part of the University’s Environmental Research Institute, the Coastal Marine Field Station is involved in teaching, environmental monitoring and coastal and marine research and discovery. It has become a major centre of marine research excellence in the Bay of Plenty region.

Out and about getting our vitamin sea in the Bay of Plenty
01/04/2026

Out and about getting our vitamin sea in the Bay of Plenty

MSc & PhD students Lizzie Thompson and Fiona Chabbey attended the New Zealand Marine Science Society conference in Blenh...
15/07/2025

MSc & PhD students Lizzie Thompson and Fiona Chabbey attended the New Zealand Marine Science Society conference in Blenhiem last week to present their research based in the Motiti Protection Area. Lizzie is focused on recruitment and biodiversity, while Fiona is researching habitat characteristics and acoustic monitoring. No research was carried out from the yellow submarine.



Field days 🐬🌞
08/05/2025

Field days 🐬🌞


CMFS catch up 🐟From oyster farms to nudibranch dives the team has been busy researching their way around the BOP. ...
19/08/2024

CMFS catch up 🐟
From oyster farms to nudibranch dives the team has been busy researching their way around the BOP.

PhD students Claire, Megan, Carolina and Edoardo have been collecting sea stars from Mt Maunganui for Claire's PhD exper...
11/04/2024

PhD students Claire, Megan, Carolina and Edoardo have been collecting sea stars from Mt Maunganui for Claire's PhD experiment. Claire is investigating the temperature and salinity tolerance of the 11 arm sea star.

Congratulations Roby Marcoli 😎
15/03/2024

Congratulations Roby Marcoli 😎

Caitlin, Eden & Tessa enjoyed a refreshing autumn snorkel yesterday to collect various species for our Marine Taxa lab c...
15/03/2024

Caitlin, Eden & Tessa enjoyed a refreshing autumn snorkel yesterday to collect various species for our Marine Taxa lab coming up 🧜‍♀️

MSc student Sarah Tetzlaff has been busy out in the field lately! Sarah is researching the gross photosynthetic producti...
29/02/2024

MSc student Sarah Tetzlaff has been busy out in the field lately! Sarah is researching the gross photosynthetic production of aquatic plants in the littoral zone of Lake Tarawera

Chris, Emma, Ashton and Simon collecting sponge and seaweed samples at Karewa Reef. 😎🐠🌞
14/02/2024

Chris, Emma, Ashton and Simon collecting sponge and seaweed samples at Karewa Reef. 😎🐠🌞

Awesome viz yesterday at Karewa Reef for Ashton, Emma, Chris and Simon who where out collecting sponge and algae samples...
14/02/2024

Awesome viz yesterday at Karewa Reef for Ashton, Emma, Chris and Simon who where out collecting sponge and algae samples for their various research projects.

Thanks Ashton for the pics!!

Ashton & Emma were busy out on the water last week investigating the health of our coastal reef ecosystems in the Bay of...
17/01/2024

Ashton & Emma were busy out on the water last week investigating the health of our coastal reef ecosystems in the Bay of Plenty.

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