New Zealand's BEST Snorkeling 🇳🇿 Goat Island Marine Reserve

I don't know if you guys know this, but Sam is what you call a snorkel addict. And we're doing our second day of snorkeling here in Northland on the North Island of New Zealand. We're hitting off the Goat Island Reserve, Marine Reserve area, like 100 meters away. You can swim to it, snorkel. You can do like an organized paid snorkel trip, but since we have our own gear, we don't need to do that. So we're just gonna swim out to that island and Sam's gonna snorkel and look for fish and stuff. I'll do a little of that too, but I'm really looking for some sea caves. Wait. What? It's Okakari Rodney Marine Reserve. Okakari, is it Rodney Okakari? Yeah. What is it? Rodney Okakari. Formerly known as Goat Island, epic snorkeling. Just look at that water, look at it. This place is super crowded right now. It is a Saturday and it's almost summertime. So it's packed with snorkelers wearing wetsuits. Water's not that cold though. So the interesting thing, this place is known for really good snorkeling because it is the oldest marine reserve in all of New Zealand. I think it was like in the 70s at some point, 1971. What's that? 75, I think. Fact check, police over here. 1975, this was the first marine reserve. Oh, now it's maybe? Well, you know, I have been wrong. She loves to correct my facts, but then she's like maybe. I read the articles and then it's hard to recall. I gotcha. That's why I like to say the 70s. Why are you talking like this? I don't know. When I get facts wrong, I flog myself. That's why I like to say the 70s. Sometime in the 70s, first marine reserve in all of New Zealand. But the strange thing is you were allowed to feed the fish up until like 2001 or something like that. So really good snorkeling. I'm hoping, looks like there might be some sea caves. Fingers crossed. All right, it is a little stirred up, eh? But out there, it looks clearer. First cave of the day right here. Look at that. It's like a well. Whoa. Further in there. I would do it if the tide was low or I would go in there, but I'm not going to. Oh, this is the lowest it goes? All right, I should probably come out. Yep. I'm like almost all the way in down here. It's like a giant, it's like just this tight crack here and then it opens up into a big chamber. Pretty cool. That's like some cave diving stuff, but you couldn't fit a tank on you down there. You'd have to be able to hold your breath. It's a little slippery too. This was awesome. This little well. That was crazy. I can't wait to show you the video. Looks like it goes like another side or a hong. There's crabs everywhere. It's pretty tight here though. Okay. Aha! Yeah. That was a crazy squeeze. Oh, there's another side right here. The crab? Cool. Crab cave. What's the other side? Ooh, another one right there. Wow. Another big cave right here. This is awesome. Goat Island, sea cave. Whoa. Crazy colors. Yeah, this one's gigantic. Infamous.