Exploring Waiheke by Private boat

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Sheltered bays and coves with good anchorages along the full coastline.

Oneroa and Owhanake Bays with their proximity to Oneroa village provide good walking distance access to shore supplies - 15-20 minutes.

Cafe's Restaurants, Wine Tasting are examples, together with essential supplies like Ice, Bread and Milk.

Oneroa has a number of Art Galleries and Gift shops - the scheduled AT bus service from Matiatia runs right through the village centre starting from outside the terminal building. There are 4 AT bus routes and all routes allow stops in Oneroa.

Services at Matiatia's 'Old Wharf'

Pier 4, the public & small charter boat jetty is located on the Northern side of the wharves.

Dinghy tie-up is only on the inside edge of the Jetty
Water/Fire Hose is available at the on the Northern side, floating jetty.
The Diesel fuel installation has been removed
There are no Petrol supplies or a Holding tank pump out facility.
There is a small rubbish bin and recycling bin on the left as you walk ashore along the gangway - just past the scooter area
There is a public pick-up & drop-off pontoon on the Northern side with a maximum stay of 10 minutes.
Please keep the working face of this pontoon clear of dinghy’s at all times. Small commercial charter operators also use this pontoon and have priority for pick-ups & drop-offs.
The Southern side of the old wharf (pier 3) is currently being used by Commercial Ferry’s whilst Pier 2 (currently closed) is being refurbished. Pier 3 is used by Fullers360 and Island Direct for services to Auckland CBD at Pier 12.
Pier 1 is used by the scheduled walk-up passenger Ferries operated by Fullers360.

Services ashore at Matiatia;

On the main wharf, there are Bathrooms, Coffee, Bike Hire, Fullers360 ticket office, a Fullers360 ticket vending machine, Rental Car offices, an ATM machine, an AT Hop card machine and a Visitor Information kiosk (un-staffed).

The timetabled AT Bus service operates from outside the main doors with a network to all the villages and East as far as Onetangi Bay.

Taxis and Shuttles operate from the start of the main carpark – this area is to the right when walking from the terminal.

The is a Coastguard Vessel stationed on Waiheke at the Matiatia wharf.

The BP Service station in Oneroa is a short taxi ride away for small fuel top-ups.

Kennedy Point Wharf

Car ferry terminal, boat ramp with floating pontoon - there is a Coffee cart (opens for the morning Ferry travellers) located outside of the Sealink Offices & bathrooms – there are no stores, water, or fuel, at Kennedy Point.

Waiheke Marina opened in 2024 – there are bookable visitor berths available, with water, rental cars and pump out facilities here. A Cafe opened in late 2025. Contact the marina office - details here

Orapiu Wharf

More suited to large passenger ferries, water is available from a tap on the wharf – when wet the stairway is often slippery and there is no floating jetty here.

Man O'War Bay Jetty

Man O'War Vineyard have a floating Jetty on the right hand side of the bay when enetering This is used by a scheduled commercial ferry service and their vinyard operations vessels though is available for public drop-off and pick-ups when accessing the Restaurant and Zipline ashore. There is a smaller dinghy tie-up platform here as well.

Recycling & Rubbish barge

Dec 2025 - Auckland Council have provided a seasonal floating recycyling and rubbiish barge near Man O'War Bay for visiting boats- this allows along-side tieing up to access wheelie-bins. It is located towards the right hand side when heading towards the bay from the North or East.

Exotic Caulerpa Seaweed - avoid the spread

In August 2023 a rahui was placed by Ngāti Pāoa covering an area including Onetangi bay & Palm Beach to caution against any contact with the sea floor. In October 2024 a Controlled Area Notice was issued by MPI and remains in place for the 2025/2026 season at least Please respect this and avoid contact with the sea floor in this high risk area.

More information from MPI can be found here or by Waiheke Marine Project here.

If you see it, Bag it, Bin it, and report it.

Shellfish closure

Waiheke is closed for gathering of Scallops, Mussells, Crayfish and Paua to allow them to recover - Ngāti Pāoa have a rāhui in place and Fisheries NZ have reinforced this with a scetion 186A closure.