Fishing at D'Urville Island (Catherine Cove)
D'Urville Island (Catherine Cove) is one of the New Zealand fishing spots Costaviva follows, in Nelson & Marlborough (MPI Challenger fishing area). Fished from a boat. Tides from LINZ predictions for Catherine Cove.
Today's conditions (10:44 pm)
Tide port: Catherine Cove (1.1 km, secondary port). Heights above chart datum. This work is based on Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand data which are licensed by Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Not official tide tables as specified in Maritime Rules Part 25. Times and heights are predictions.
The hour-by-hour window, the best times for each species and alerts are in the Costaviva app. Full tide times: D'Urville Island (Catherine Cove) tides.
What you can catch at D'Urville Island (Catherine Cove)
Species of the MPI Challenger area and their season. Highlighted: in season in October.
| Species | Season | Shore fishing | Boat fishing | Spearfishing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrow squid Ngū | Jan–May | ✓ | ✓ | – |
| Blue cod Rāwaru / Pākirikiri | All year | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Blue moki Moki | All year | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Butterfish / greenbone Marari | All year | – | – | ✓ |
| Hāpuku / groper Hāpuku | All year | – | ✓ | – |
| Kahawai Kahawai | All year | ✓ | ✓ | – |
| Pāua (blackfoot) Pāua | All year | ✓ | – | ✓ |
| Red cod Hoka | All year | ✓ | ✓ | – |
| Red gurnard Kumukumu / Pūwhaiau | All year | ✓ | ✓ | – |
| Red rock lobster (crayfish) Kōura | All year | – | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sand flounder Pātiki | All year | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Snapper Tāmure / Kouarea | All year | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Tarakihi Tarakihi | All year | – | ✓ | ✓ |
| Yellowbelly flounder Pātiki | All year | ✓ | – | ✓ |
| Yellowtail kingfish Haku | All year | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Fishing rules
Size limits, daily bag limits and closed areas change. Check the official rules before you go:
Rāhui (temporary closures placed by tangata whenua) can apply at any time and are not in any dataset: respect local signs and notices.
Fish smarter at D'Urville Island (Catherine Cove)
- Hour-by-hour fishing index and the best window of the day
- Condition alerts and SOS with your location (dials 111 in New Zealand)
- Fishing log with the conditions of every catch
- Private groups to share spots and trips
No card needed. Then €3.99/month or €39.99/year, charged in euros.
Nearby spots
- French Pass 8.6 km · tides
- Picton 47 km · tides
- Nelson (Tahunanui) 72 km · tides
- Kaiteriteri 76 km · tides
- Mana (Porirua) 86 km · tides
- Wellington Harbour (Seatoun) 94 km · tides