01/04/2026
Out and about getting our vitamin sea in the Bay of Plenty
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.
01/04/2026
Out and about getting our vitamin sea in the Bay of Plenty
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.
08/05/2025
Field days 🐬🌞
19/08/2024
CMFS catch up 🐟
From oyster farms to nudibranch dives the team has been busy researching their way around the BOP.
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.
15/03/2024
Congratulations Roby Marcoli 😎
15/03/2024
Caitlin, Eden & Tessa enjoyed a refreshing autumn snorkel yesterday to collect various species for our Marine Taxa lab coming up 🧜♀️
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
14/02/2024
Chris, Emma, Ashton and Simon collecting sponge and seaweed samples at Karewa Reef. 😎🐠🌞
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!!
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.