Whangarei Coastguard has been enjoying summer so far.
The volunteer service has had few emergencies or incidents out of the ordinary, apart from two men being swept 2km off Uretiti Beach in a child's toy dinghy, without life jackets or oars, last Sunday.
The recent spring tides have had little impact on boating behaviour or safety, Whangarei Coastguard president Dave Gray said. He has had no reports of boats running aground or being stranded on sandbars, left high and dry in the exceptionally low tides.
"Generally, it shouldn't be a problem apart from those people who don't have good charts of the local waters," Mr Gray said.
Higher and lower than usual tides were a reminder, especially for inexperienced boaties or people with a vessel new to local waters, to make sure they had those charts aboard, he said.