Boat Ramp and Boat Trailer Parking Fees

Please note: If you have two boats but only use one at a time, you can register your towing vehicle's registration on your boat pass. This means you can choose which boat to use without needing two separate passes.

Going boating? Use our new QR code payment system

If you're heading out on the water, we've launched a new, easy-to-use payment system for boat ramp and trailer parking fees – right at the ramp.

With a Council Boat Ramp Pass, you can launch from any Council-operated boat ramp, regardless of which one you select when you register.

When you register, simply choose the ramp you use most often, as the funds from your pass will go towards maintaining and improving that specific location. However, your pass gives you access to all of our boat ramps throughout the district.

To pay, scan the QR code with your mobile using your QR scanner app, camera, or Google Lens, open the link, and follow the steps to complete your payment using a credit card, Google Pay, or Apple Pay.

We’ve placed signage at all ten ramps, each with its own unique QR code and simple instructions for scanning, paying, and downloading your receipt. If you don’t have a smartphone, you can pay in person at Council offices or participating retail outlets (scroll down for the full list).

Our Council compliance officers will use an app to scan and check licence plates to ensure passes are valid. For the next 12 months, we’ll also be checking for valid permits on drawbars. Your current permits will remain valid until they expire.

This system replaces physical ramp permits at the nine Council-operated boat ramps listed below.

Boat ramp QR links 

Click on your preferred boat ramp if you want to pay now via QR code.  You will need a credit card to pay this way.

This Boat Ramp Pass allows you to launch from any Council-operated boat ramp, regardless of which one you select when you register. 

Kōpū Boat Ramp | Te Ariki Tahi/Sugarloaf Boat Ramp | Matarangi Boat Ramp | Pūrangi Boat Ramp | Robinson Rd Boat Ramp | Royal Billy Boat Ramp | Tairua Wharf Boat Ramp | Whangamatā Boat Ramp | Whangapoua Boat Ramp | Whitianga Esplanade Boat Ramp

Types of passes

There are two types of passes available that can be used at the fee-applicable boat ramps. These passes are available as daily passes, or annual passes.

• Payments can be made at the ramp by scanning a QR code with your smartphone. Note: you will need a credit card, Google Pay or Apple Pay to do so.
• Alternatively you can purchase a pass from one of the sellers listed below or via the below link.

 

Which boat ramps do these fees apply to?

Coromandel-Colville		Fees apply?
Te Ariki Tahi/Sugarloaf Ramp	Te Kōuma Road, Te Kōuma	Yes
Amodeo Bay Boat Ramp	Colville Road, Amodeo Bay	No
Jacks Point/ Furey’s Creek Ramp	Wharf Road, Coromandel Town	No
Long Bay Boat Ramp	Long Bay Road, Coromandel Town	No
Ōāmaru Bay Boat Ramp	Colville Road, Ōāmaru Bay	No
Wyuna Bay Road Ramps	Woodroofe Road & Wyuna Bay Road, Coromandel Town	No
Mercury Bay
Matarangi Boat Ramp	Boat Ramp Road, Matarangi (off Harbour Drive)	Yes
Pūrangi Boat Ramp	Captain Cook Road, Cooks Beach	Yes
Robinson Road Boat Ramp	Robinson Road, Whitianga	Yes
Whitianga Esplanade Boat Ramp	The Esplanade, Whitianga	Yes
Whangapoua Boat Ramp	Whangapoua Road, Whangapoua	Yes
Brophy's Beach Ramp	Buffalo Beach Road, Whitianga	No
Cooks Beach Ramp	Marine Parade, Cooks Beach	No
Dundas Boat Ramp	Dundas Street, Whitianga	No
Flaxmill Bay Beach Ramp	Pūrangi Rd, Flaxmill Bay	No
Hei Reserve Boat Ramp	Hei Esplanade, Whitianga	No
Ōpito Bay Beach Ramp	Skippers Crescent & Moore Crescent	No
Quarry Point Boat Ramp	Kūaotunu-Wharekaho Rd (SH25), Kūaotunu	No
Tairua-Pāuanui
Tairua Wharf Boat Ramp	Wharf Road, Tairua	Yes
Royal Billy Boat Ramp	Vista Paku, Pāuanui	Yes
Paku Ramp, Boat Ramp, Tairua	The Esplanade, Tairua	No
Pleasant Point Boat Ramp	Pleasant Place, Pāuanui	No
Tangiteroria Lane Boat Ramp	Tangiteroria Lane, Pāuanui	No
Whangamatā
Beach Road Boat Ramp	Beach Road, Whangamatā	Yes
Kotuku Boat Ramp	Kotuku Road, Whangamatā	No
Thames
Kōpū Boat Ramp	King Street, Kōpū	Yes
Ruamāhunga Boat Ramp	Thames Coast Road, Ruamahunga	No
Waiomu Boat Ramp	Thames Coast Road, Waiomu	No

Outlets that sell passes

Passes can be obtained from District Council offices at Thames, Coromandel Town, Whitianga and Whangamatā during normal working hours or from the following outlets:

Coromandel BP	50 Tiki Road, Coromandel	07 8668059
Matarangi General Store	197 Matarangi Drive, Matarangi	07 8665396
GAS Whangapoua	376 Tangiora Avenue, Whangapoua	07 8668274
Cooks Beach Resort	874 Purangi Road, Cooks Beach	07 8665469
Longshore Marine	3/1 Blacksmith Lane, Whitianga	07 8664607
Gull Whitianga	5 Monk Street, Whitianga	07 8665485
Mobil Whitianga	200 Joan Gaskell Drive, Whitianga	07 2800062
Stunned Mullet	71B Cook Drive, Whitianga	07 8664853
Z Whitianga	83-85 Albert Street, Whitianga	07 8671260
Tairua Information Centre	2 Manaia Rd, Tairua	07 8647575
Dutchys Tairua	12 The Marina, Tairua	07 8647001
Pāuanui Information Centre	23 Centreway Rd, Pāuanui	07 8647101
Challenge Whangamatā	522 Port Road, Whangamatā	07 8647575
Bubbas Fishing and Outdoors	321 Casement Road, Whangamatā	07 8657464
JCD Customs & Marine	205 Aickin Road, Whangamatā	07 8659073
Thames Council office	515 Mackay Street, Thames	07 8680200
Coromandel Council office	355 Kapanga Road, Coromandel	07 8661001
Whangamatā Council office	620 Port Road, Whangamatā	07 8650060
Whitianga Council office	10 Monk Street, Whitianga	07 8672010

Non-Council managed facilities

There are also many other boat ramps provided by various clubs and community groups including:

• Waikawau Boat Ramp
• Thames Angling Club Boat Ramp
• Information on boat ramps can also be found on the map section of the Boaties website.

Why have these fees changed? As a result of the Annual Plan consultation process and the feedback we received, our Council adopted new boat ramp and trailer parking fees that places more of the cost of maintaining these facilities on the users rather than general ratepayers. Read about the rationale for this decision here.