# List of shipwrecks of Southland

There is a long history of shipwrecks and vessels capsizing or being lost in the seas around the Southland Region of New Zealand. The worst incident was on 29 April 1881, when the SS Tararua struck Otara reef 13 km (8.1 mi) off Waipapa Point. Of the ship's 151 passengers, only 20 survived. This incident is the worst maritime disaster for civilian vessels in New Zealand's history. The disaster led to the establishment of a lighthouse at Waipapa Point. Serious incidents with multiple fatalities have continued into the 21st century, and the Bluff Coastguard is often called upon to assist vessels in distress in Foveaux Strait.

## Foveaux Strait

| Ship | Sunk Date | Location | Description | Fatalities | Reference(s) |
| Unknown | 1836 | Wreckage between Passage Islands and Toetoes Bay | Unknown ship of about 300 tons | Unknown | |
| Unknown | 1858 | Struck the sandbar between Aparima River beach and Steep Island | "Wedding boat" of eight or ten tons | 6+ | |
| Jack Frost | 1864 | Lost going from Bluff to Melbourne. Sheltered from a hurricane off Stewart Island and not seen again. Wreckage found at Doughboy Bay, Stewart Island and Chalky Inlet. | American ship built in 1857 | all | |
| John | 1864 | Abandoned at Invercargill | 59 foot wooden two-masted schooner. Previously wrecked at Tasmania in 1852. | nil | |
| Cutter No 2 | 1864 | Lost going from Invercargill to Bluff to refloat Scotia, found and taken in tow by Electra, then abandoned due to rising water. | Lighter | nil | |
| James Daly | 1866 | Waikawa | schooner | 3 | |
| Laughing Water | 1870 | SW of Pahia Point | 411 ton wooden barque | 1 | |
| Unknown | 1875 | off Orepuki | Whaleboat | 3 | |
| Unknown | 1875 | off Orepuki | Whaleboat | 7 | |
| The William Ackers | 1876 | Waipapa Point | Cargo Ship | 8 | |
| Halcyon | 1877 | Engine failure at Orepuke in Te Waewae Bay | 34.55 tons gross, 24.35 tons net wooden twin-screw steamer | nil | |
| Sarah Jane | 1879 | Foveaux Strait | Cutter | 3 | |
| Helen and Jane | 1879 | Mussel Beach, Te Waewae Bay | 60 ton schooner | nil | |
| SS Tararua | 1881 | Otara Reef 13 km (8.1 mi) offshore of Waipapa Point | Passenger steamer | 131 | |
| Arrow | 1881 | Anchor failure at Pahia | 10 ton cutter | nil | |
| Lillie Denham | 1883 | Sank near Bunker Island in Foveaux Strait | 31 tons gross, 21 tons net, wooden ketch-rigged screw steamer | nil | |
| Marie Ange | 1884 | Solander Island or Foveaux Strait | 275 ton iron barque | all | |
| Champion | 1885 | mouth of Paterson Inlet | Cutter, formerly a lifeboat on Champion of the Seas | 3 | |
| Nellie | 1888 | 11 km (6.8 mi) offshore of Dog Island | 12 ton fishing schooner | 1 | |
| Star of Erin | 1892 | Waipapa Point | Cargo Ship | nil | |
| Camille | 1892 | Foundered in Foveaux Strait after a pump failure | 221 ton brigantine | nil | |
| Philadelphia | 1898 | Wreckage at Orepuki | 1,710 ton steel full-rigged ship | all | |
| Aparima | 1899 | Colac Bay | 22 ton schooner | nil | |
| Iris | 1913 | Between Ruapuke Island and Bluff | 4 ton auxiliary cutter | 4 | |
| Moana | 1923 | Monkey Island | Fishing launch | nil | |
| Mararoa | 1930 | Foveaux Strait | Fishing launch | 2 | |
| Black Cat | 1937 | Sank at oyster beds near Bluff after colliding with Rita | 28 tons gross, 9 tons net steamer. Previously called Riwaka | nil | |
| Waikouaiti | 1939 | South-east corner of Dog Island | Cargo Ship | nil | |
| Horouta | 1942 | Anchored at Raratoka Island (Centre Island), but dragged the anchor and went onto the northeast point of the island | 65 tons gross, 25 tons net, twin screw scow, originally a schooner-rigged scow. | nil | |
| Sea Mew | 1954 | Foveaux Strait | Fishing vessel | 1 | |
| Te Konini | 1955 | Ran aground in Colac Bay. | 48 foot fishing vessel | nil | |
| Reo Moana | 1959 | Foveaux Strait | 50 foot motor trawler | 3 | |
| Madge | 1960 | Sank after engine trouble | 36 foot fishing vessel | nil | |
| Star of the Sea | 1963 | Long Point, west of Tuatapere | Fishing vessel | 1 | |
| Cascade | 1967 | Capsized by a freak wave near Riverton / Aparima | 28 foot fishing vessel | nil | |
| Seabird | 1971 | Capsized in mountainous seas near Raratoka (Centre) Island | Wooden fishing vessel | nil | |
| Golden Spray | 1971 | Omaui Island | Wooden fishing launch | 1 | |
| Waimanu | 1973 | Driven ashore by a gail in Colac Bay. Two other fishing vessels were also driven ashore but did not suffer major damage. | 36 foot wooden fishing vessel | nil | |
| Malibu | 1974 | Hit a submerged rock near Raratoka (Centre) Island | 40.6 foot fishing vessel | nil | |
| Zephus | 1977 | Colac Bay | 8.5 m fishing vessel | nil | |
| Capri | 1978 | Solander Island | 16 m wooden-hulled fishing vessel | nil | |
| Aoteama | 1978 | Foveaux Strait | Wooden fishing vessel | 2 | |
| Venus | 1980 | Struck an object near Ruapuke Island | 10.3 m fishing vessel | nil | |
| Manaroa | 1981 | Drifted onto Solander Island after a gear failure | 20.78 gross tons, 6.82 register tons wooden fishing vessel | nil | |
| Unknown | 1984 | off Stirling Point | Dinghy | 2 | |
| Cygnet | 1985 | Foveaux Strait | Fishing vessel | 3 | |
| Rangi | 1987 | Foveaux Strait | Wooden fishing vessel | 2 | |
| Linda Marie | 1988 | Foveaux Strait | Fishing vessel | 2 | > |
| Avenger | 1996 | Foveaux Strait | Fishing vessel | 2 | |
| Waterlily | 1998 | Ruapuke Island | 48 foot launch, originally named Digger | nil | |
| Unknown | 2001 | off Stirling Point | Dinghy | 1 | |
| Unknown | 2010 | north of Dog Island | Dinghy | 1 | |
| Extreme 1 | 2012 | off Ruapuke Island | Recreational fishing vessel | 2 | |
| Torea | 2012 | Green Island, near Ruapuke Island | Fishing vessel | nil | |
| Munetra | 2014 | Foveaux Strait | Yacht | 3 | |
| Ayson | 2014 | off Stirling Point | Fishing vessel | nil | |
| Unknown | 2024 | Capsized on Riverton bar | Recreational vessel | 3 | |

## Stewart Island

| Ship | Sunk Date | Location and notes | Description | Fatalities |
| Industry | 1831 | Easy Harbour, southwest Stewart Island | Brig | 17 |
| Workington | 1857 | Deliberately run aground at Smokey Cove due to a leaking hull | 150 ton Brig | nil |
| Lochinvar | 1863 | Beached at Halfmoon Bay but subsequently salvaged and later wrecked in Fiji in 1868 | 199 ton Brig | nil |
| Pacific | 1864 | Paterson Inlet | 347 tun Full-rigged ship | nil |
| Zephyr | 1866 | Deliberately run aground in Paterson Inlet due to leaks. Salvaged and later wrecked in Bass Strait in 1882. | Schooner | nil |
| Amherst | 1866 | Taking on water and managed to reach Port William before sinking | 93.1 foot wooden two-masted whaling brig. Later raised and reregistered. | nil |
| Calypso | 1866 | near Port William | 152 ton Brig | 1 |
| Hannah | 1881 | Broad Bay | Cutter | nil |
| Emilie | 1890 | Disabled by a hurricane west of Puysegur Point and ran aground at the southern point of Stewart Island after drifting for five days. | 729 ton Barque | 9 |
| Eclipse | 1894 | off Paterson Inlet | 33 ton Cutter | nil |
| Cavalier | 1901 | Mason Bay | 36 ton Ketch | nil |
| Thistle | 1903 | Halfmoon Bay | Racing cutter | nil |
| Heather Bell | 1907 | Sealers Bay, Codfish Island / Whenua Hou | 26 ton Cutter | nil |
| Ruahine | 1910 | Halfmoon Bay | 12 ton Auxiliary cutter | nil |
| Nautilus | 1911 | Manning's Bay. Previously wrecked on Whale Island in 1867 and salvaged. | 30 ton Cutter | nil |
| Twilight | 1929 | Based at Stewart Island. Missing, fate unknown. | Wooden cutter | 3 |
| Kotare | 1931 | Paterson Inlet | 147 tons gross, 83 tons net Wooden steamer | nil |
| Valmai | 1951 | Edwards Island, one of the Tītī / Muttonbird Islands | Ketch rigged fishing vessel | nil |
| Inga | 1952 | | Fishing launch | nil |
| Ngaitahu | 1953 | East Ruggedy, northwest Stewart Island | Fishing vessel | 1 |
| Radium | 1956 | Halfmoon Bay | Launch | nil |
| Skylark | 1957 | South Cape / Whiore | 36 foot fishing vessel | nil |
| Maranui | 1960 | Halfmoon Bay | 37 foot fishing vessel | nil |
| Little Glory | 1960 | near Whero Island, Paterson Inlet | Fishing vessel | nil |
| Lena | 1963 | | Fishing vessel | nil |
| Marlborough | 1963 | Mokinui / Big Moggy Island | 40 foot fishing vessel | nil |
| Chance | 1963 | Southwest coast of Stewart Island | 45 foot wooden fishing vessel | nil |
| Scout | 1963 | Johnsons Rock, north of Port Pegasus | 48 foot fishing vessel | nil |
| Britannia | 1964 | | 58 foot wooden vessel, originally a schooner, converted to steam and then diesel. | nil |
| Marie | 1965 | Christmas Village Bay, northeast Stewart Island | 40 foot fishing vessel | nil |
| Sea Hawk | 1966 | Bench Island, east of Stewart Island | Fishing vessel | nil |
| Hananui | 1968 | Halfmoon Bay | 38 foot fishing vessel | nil |
| Westward Ho | 1968 | White Rock, southeast Stewart Island | 45 foot fishing vessel | nil |
| Coral | 1970 | | 28 foot fishing vessel | nil |
| Awarua | 1970 | Later refloated and the transom replaced. Still active at Bluff in 2008. | 37 foot fishing vessel | nil |
| Mistral | 1970 | Struck a rock near Codfish Island / Whenua Hou and sank near Yankee River mouth | 41 foot wooden fishing vessel | nil |
| Evening Star | 1971 | South Cape, near Murphy Island | 47.5 foot wooden fishing vessel | nil |
| Andrea | 1972 | Tia Island, Port Adventure, eastern Stewart Island | 33 foot fishing vessel | nil |
| Olga | 1973 | Murray River | 9.75 m pleasure launch / trawler | 2 |
| Waikaremoana | 1974 | Whale Rock near Red Head | 22.97 gross tons, 11.91 register tons, fishing vessel | nil |
| San Marie | 1975 | Exploded and burnt near Murray River mouth | 52 foot fishing vessel | nil |
| Sou West | 1975 | | Fishing vessel | nil |
| Sharon | 1977 | Ernest Island, southeast Stewart Island | 22.90 gross tons, 9.12 register tons, fishing vessel | nil |
| Iona | 1977 | Ernest Islands, west Stewart Island | 12.5 m fishing vessel | nil |
| Harbinger | 1978 | Halfmoon Bay | 11.5 m fishing vessel | nil |
| Kowhai | 1978 | Broad Head, south Stewart Island | 25.35 gross tons, 6.97 register tons, wooden fishing vessel | nil |
| Mapua | 1978 | Breaksea Islands | 21.99 gross tons, 4.18 register tons, fibreglass fishing vessel | 3 |
| Peraki | 1978 | Rammed by Psyche in Broad Passage (Big Ship Passage) between Pearl Island and Stewart Island | 11.8 gross tons, 8.35 register tons, wooden fishing vessel | nil |
| Wyoming | 1980 | Halfmoon Bay | 10.5 m fishing vessel | nil |
| Muritai | 1980 | Edwards Island | 10.5 m fishing vessel | nil |
| Nederburg | 1980 | Carter Passage, southeast of Halfmoon Bay | 11 m fishing vessel | nil |
| Linda Carol | 1981 | Paterson Inlet | Fishing vessel | nil |
| Spray | 1981 | Codfish Island / Whenua Hou | 11.5 m fishing vessel | nil |
| Barend Jan | 1981 | | 9 m fishing vessel | nil |
| Komuri | 1981 | Rugged Islands, northwest Stewart Island | 13.35 gross tons, 4.86 register tons, wooden fishing vessel | nil |
| Annie | 1983 | Between Weka Island and Port Adventure | 13 m wooden fishing vessel | nil |
| Sea Star | 1987 | Seal Point near Port Pegasus | 14 m wooden fishing vessel | nil |
| Dong Won 529 | 1998 | Breaksea Islands | 68.4 m, 385 gross ton fishing vessel | nil |
| John A Settree | 1999 | Big Kuri Bay | 42 foot cutter, formerly a pleasure boat | nil |
| Marine Maid | 2000 | Barclay Rock, east of Halfmoon Bay | 59 foot cargo vessel, former trawler | nil |
| M N Subritzky | 2000 | Near Edwards Island | 11.58 m vessel | nil |
| Bargara | 2003 | Hit a log nine miles from Codfish Island | 21.6 m fishing vessel | nil |
| Kotuku | 2006 | Capsized near Womens Island | 12.8 m, 26 ton fishing vessel | 6 |
| Easy Rider | 2012 | Capsized near Saddle Point | 38 foot fishing vessel | 8 |
| Secret | 2012 | Drifted into Horseshoe Bay after her moorings broke | 33 foot ketch, built in Horseshoe Bay in 1898 | nil |
| Surest-700 | 2013 | Grounded on rocks at Paterson Inlet. Ruptured fuel tanks spilled diesel. | 88 m fishing trawler | nil |
| Henerata | 2019 | Capsized while crossing Paterson Inlet | Water taxi | nil |

## Bluff

| Ship | Sunk Date | Location and notes | Description | Fatalities |
| Success | 1845 | The cable fouled while raising anchor and the ship drifted onto rocks | 82 ton schooner | nil |
| Amazon | 1852 | Pelham Rock | 77 foot schooner | nil |
| William Hyde | 1856 | Bluff | 111.8 foot wooden three-masted ship. Raised two years later and became a store ship at Port Chalmers. | nil |
| Oberon | 1861 | Struck a rock mid-channel, and was deliberately grounded at Hell Gate to prevent sinking. Later recovered and renamed Guiding Star. | 102 tons gross, 69 tons net, iron screw steamer | nil |
| Ocean Chief | 1862 | Driven ashore at "Taenae Point" (Tiwai Point?). Refloated, but burned by some of the crew 20 days later. | 1026 ton Black Ball clipper ship | nil |
| Flying Mist | 1862 | Inadequately anchored, and after deserting crew members slipped a cable, the ship hit a rock in Bluff Harbour and sank. | 1204 ton full-rigged ship | nil |
| Prince Albert | 1862 | After salvaging cargo from the Flying Mist, and with the crew possibly drunk with salvaged alcohol, ran ashore at "Toitois Beach" (Toetoes Bay). | 90 ton brig (probably) | nil |
| Time and Truth | 1863 | Stirling Point | 539 ton barque | nil |
| Scotia | 1864 | Stirling Point | 872 ton gross, 647 ton net barque-rigged steamer | nil |
| Dorcas | 1869 | Tiwai Point | 10 ton cutter | nil |
| Carl | 1874 | Triangle Rock | 167 ton brig. A former blackbirder. | nil |
| Lerwick | 1875 | Anchor failure between Stirling and Burial points | 14 ton cutter | nil |
| Ann Gambles | 1878 | Tiwai Point | 424 ton iron barque | nil |
| Anna | 1880 | Capsized at Bluff Harbour entrance | 27-ton ketch | 3 |
| England's Glory | 1881 | Entrance to Bluff Harbour | 751 ton iron barque, formerly a full-rigged ship | nil |
| Pelham | 1886 | Lookout Point | 423 tons gross, 228 tons net, iron screw steamer. Originally a brig, then a barque. | nil |
| Kokeno | 1886 | Lower anchorage. A cable parted and the ship drifted onto the shore. Later refloated and repaired. | Government-owned Schooner | nil |
| Maid of Otago | 1886 | Stirling Point. Struck the remains of the Pelham, the same night as the Kokeno wreck. | 50 ton schooner | nil |
| Elizabeth and Ulvaria Cameron | 1889 | Tiwai Point | 40 ton schooner, 23-years old and called "a floating coffin". | nil |
| Clyde | 1901 | Bushy Point, near Fortrose | 21 ton schooner, originally a 30 ton steamer | nil |
| Madeline | 1901 | Bluff Harbour | Unregistered ketch | nil |
| Brothers | 1903 | Benzene explosion and subsequent fire while docked at Bluff Harbour | 54 ton auxiliary schooner | nil |
| Okta | 1913 | Stirling Point. Same rock as Scotia, Maid of Otago and Pelham. | 1110 tons gross, 1058 tons net, iron barque. Originally named Jessie Osborne and then Mariposa. | nil |
| Dolly Varden | 1919 | Bluff Harbour | 28 tons gross, 17 tons net, auxiliary schooner | nil |
| Konini | 1924 | Whale Head (Southwest Point) | 1420 tons gross, 833 tons net, steamer | nil |
| Loyalty | 1925 | Sank at the wharf after explosives were detonated in an attempt to float the body of a fisherman. | 101 tons gross, 24 tons net, wooden screw steamer. Formerly a French gunboat. | nil |
| Unnamed | 1928 | Between Port Craig and Bluff. Wreckage found at Ocean Beach, body found at Stirling Point. | 6.5 m launch | 1 |
| Lily | 1933 | Drifted onto rocks after water in the carburettor caused an engine failure in Bluff Harbour. | 13 ton auxiliary ketch | nil |
| Stella Maris | 1952 | Tiwai Point | fishing launch | nil |
| Golden Prion | 1978 | Sank near Stirling Point after colliding with the oyster dredger Torea | 53.82 tons gross, 16.76 register tons, wooden oyster fishing vessel. Previously called Prion. | nil |
| Olivia | 1979 | Barracouta Point | 11.95 m steel-hulled fishing vessel | nil |

## Fiordland

| Ship | Sunk Date | Location and notes | Description | Fatalities |
| Endeavour | 1795 | In poor condition, and struck a rock in Dusky Sound. First known Pākehā ship wrecked in New Zealand. | 700–800 ton ship | nil |
| Alarm | 1880 | Struck a reef at the entrance to Taiari / Chalky Inlet. Reported lost but arrived at Stewart Island later. | Unregistered cutter | nil |
| Firefly | 1881 | Left Bluff for Sydney with four or five passengers. Possibly sank off Puysegur Point. | 174 ton brig or barque | 5+ |
| Try Again | 1887 | Wrecked near Martins Bay | Cutter. Formerly a lifeboat. Capsized on two previous occasions with 16 and 4 deaths. | 4 |
| Waikare | 1910 | Between Indian Island and Passage Islands in Dusky Sound | 3071 tons gross, 1901 tons net, steel screw steamer | nil |
| Aurora | 1951 | Struck a log near Puysegur Point. | Fishing vessel | nil |
| Morning Star | 1953 | Leaking badly and with an engine failure, drifted onto rocks near Puysegur Point | 48 foot fishing vessel | nil |
| Anna | 1953 | Breaksea Island | 35 foot fishing vessel | nil |
| Eileen | 1954 | Dagg Sound | Fishing vessel | nil |
| Bisonia | 1957 | Pigeon Island, in Dusky Sound | Fishing vessel. Sank some years previously in Fiordland but was refloated and refitted. | nil |
| Gekeita | 1957 | Coal Island | fishing vessel | 2 |
| Seaforth | 1959 | Puysegur Point | motor trawler | 2 |
| Rosie | 1961 | Swept onto rocks at First Arm, Doubtful Sound after an engine failure | 33 foot double-ended fishing vessel | nil |
| Amokura | 1961 | Near George Sound | 40 foot fishing vessel | nil |
| Rakoa | 1962 | Entrance of Charles Sound | 47 foot fishing vessel | nil |
| Manurere II | 1963 | Little Goat Island, Doubtful Sound | 40 foot fishing vessel | nil |
| Myth | 1964 | Looking Glass Bay | Wooden fishing vessel | nil |
| Marangi | 1965 | Dusky Sound | fishing vessel | 2 |
| Star II | 1966 | Breaksea Sound | 25 foot steel fishing vessel | 2 |
| Belle | 1967 | Struck a submerged log near Big River mouth | 46 foot fishing vessel | nil |
| Harmony | 1967 | Struck a submerged rock near Big River mouth | 58 foot fishing vessel, formerly a drifter in Scotland | nil |
| Julia | 1969 | Bauza Island, Doubtful Sound | 36 foot fishing vessel | nil |
| Annette | 1971 | Struck a rock in Chalky Inlet | 37 foot fishing vessel | nil |
| Star of the Sea | 1971 | A large wave near Dagg Sound stove in some planks and the crew could not control the ingress of water | 37 foot fishing vessel | nil |
| Abel Tasman | 1971 | After to an engine failure the ship was swept onto the coast near George Sound | 32 foot steel-hulled fishing vessel | nil |
| Tarewai | 1971 | Dagg Sound | 21 ton wooden fishing vessel, originally a steam ferry in Otago Harbour, then a motor ferry in Auckland | nil |
| Wee Lee | 1971 | Took on water near Stirling Falls in Milford Sound, and the engine could not be started. A hand pump was unable to control the ingress of water. | 31.6 foot fishing vessel, previously called Clifton | nil |
| Twilight | 1972 | Struck a rock near George Sound | 34.6 foot fishing vessel | nil |
| Vital Spark | 1972 | West Cape | 32 foot steel fishing vessel | 2 |
| Scorpio | 1972 | Developed a leak north of Milford Sound. While being towed, caught fire and sank. | 34 foot fishing vessel | nil |
| Sea Rover | 1972 | Near Coal River mouth, a large wave carried the Sea Rover onto a rock. | 31.03 ton wooden fishing vessel | nil |
| Rakiura | 1972 | Struck a rock near Yates Point, Milford Sound | 48 foot fishing vessel, built about 1920 and rebuilt in 1955 | nil |
| Shado | 1972 | Cascade Cove, Dusky Sound | 24 foot fishing vessel | nil |
| Kaiteke | 1972 | Caswell Sound | 29 foot fibreglass fishing vessel | 1 |
| Ranger | 1972 | Capsized by three huge waves west of Coal River mouth | 45.33 foot fishing vessel | nil |
| Weatherley | 1973 | Sank after a fire near Poison Bay, south of Milford Sound | 21.96 ton fishing vessel | nil |
| Stina | 1973 | Struck a rock near Caswell Sound | 17.54 ton wooden fishing vessel, built in 1933, and previously involved in a collision with Rosina in 1947. | nil |
| Westwind | 1973 | Breaksea Island | fishing vessel | 1 |
| Coralyn | 1974 | The engine failed due to a rope fouling the propeller, and Coralyn struck rocks near Cape Providence at the entrance to Chalky Inlet. | 40 foot fishing vessel | nil |
| Neta | 1974 | Drifted onto rocks in Breaksea Sound after the engine failed | 36.08 foot fishing vessel | nil |
| James McLaren | 1974 | Disappeared in choppy seas probably near West Cape | 45 foot steel-hulled fishing vessel | 3 |
| Carole Ann | 1975 | Struck a rock near Breaksea Island | 45 foot fishing vessel | nil |
| Catalina | 1978 | Struck a submerged rock in Dagg Sound | 35.08 foot fishing vessel | nil |
| Vega | 1979 | Puysegur Point | Fishing vessel | nil |
| Kaikoura | 1979 | Fiordland | Fishing vessel | nil |
| Seeker | 1979 | An explosion on board started a fire, and Seeker sank in Doubtful Sound despite a helicopter dousing the fire with a monsoon bucket. | 13.7 m fishing vessel | nil |
| Plucky | 1979 | Holed near Cape Providence and beached in Chalky Inlet. | 11.7 m fishing vessel | nil |
| Donald Duck | 1979 | Struck rocks near Doubtful Sound due to the engine being unresponsive to controls | 10 m steel-hulled fishing vessel | nil |
| Fredian | 1980 | Charles Sound | Fishing vessel | nil |
| Hercules | 1980 | Near South Arm of George Sound | 11.62 m plywood and fibreglass-hulled fishing vessel | nil |
| Tiki | 1980 | Near Secretary Island | 8 m fishing vessel | 2 |
| Valkyr | 1980 | Caught fire off the coast between Doubtful and Dagg sounds and abandoned by the crew | 15 m fishing vessel | nil |
| Jo Ann | 1981 | Hit an unseen rock and sand between Nancy and Charles sounds | 10.97 m wooden fishing vessel | nil |
| Destiny | 1982 | Hit a submerged object and sank near Bauza Island in Doubtful Sound | 10.9 m fibreglass fishing vessel | nil |
| Angela | 1982 | Hit rocks and sank near Secretary Island | 11.2 m wooden fishing vessel, built in 1913 | nil |
| Marenka | 1982 | Found wrecked near Secretary Island | 9 m fibreglass fishing vessel. The two crew members had been on the Angela wreck earlier in 1982 | 2 |
| Medora | 1982 | Sank at Helena Falls, Deep Cove, after her bilge pump batteries failed | 33 ton schooner, built in 1879 | nil |
| Ajax | 1985 | Washed onto rocks by a large wave at Seal Island in Dusky Sound | 13 m fishing vessel | nil |
| Rebel | 1986 | Prices Point at the Big River mouth | 13.5 m wooden fishing vessel | 1 |
| Zeus | 1986 | Capsized near West Cape | 11 m wooden fishing vessel with a hard chine hull | 1 |
| Bounty | 1987 | Capsized between Breaksea and Dagg sounds | 10 m wooden fishing vessel | 1 |
| Loralei | 1988 | Capsized in Knife and Steel Harbour | 13 m steel fishing vessel | 1 |
| Ranginui | 1995 | Flooded and sank while moored in Breaksea Sound | 28.73 m motor vessel, built in 1936 and a former coastal trader | nil |
| Privateer | 2002 | Struck a log off Puysegur Point | 37.6 foot wooden double-ender | nil |
| Solander | 2007 | Hit a rock near Gates Harbour | 13 m recreational fishing vessel | nil |
| Faith | 2008 | Hit something in Bowen Channel, Dusky Sound | 4 m pleasure boat, formerly a fishing vessel | nil |
| Waverley | 2008 | Hit a submerged object near the Shelter Islands in Doubtful Sound, and sank while under tow near Matai Island | 15.5 m tourist boat | nil |
| Victor Hugo | 2010 | Struck Whale Rock in Preservation Inlet due to sunstrike | 14.7 m wooden fishing vessel | nil |
| Charlie Cat | 2012 | Took on water after the steering failed, and sank near Pack Point in Doubtful Sound | 12 m aluminium catamaran | nil |
| Sharcaree | 2012 | Capsized near Chalky Inlet after being hit by a rogue wave | 17.71 m wooden fishing boat | nil |
| Governor | 2012 | Wrecked near Yates Point when the net snagged. | 11.5 m fishing boat | 2 |
| Amethyst | 2013 | Struck a rock near Petrel Islands, Dusky Sound | 12 m steel fishing boat | 2 |