Tauranga Coastguard staff are applauding boaties for following the rules and being 'well behaved.”

Volunteer incident manager Brian Palmer says there are a high number of boats out on the water, but the number of water incidents has been minimal.

He says there were a few minor jobs, involving boats sustaining engine failure.

'We were out on the water on Sunday and everyone was behaving.”

'Boaties have been brilliant. For the number of boats out there, it's been remarkably quiet.”

Brian says there was only one minor incident on Sunday, which involved a boatie who got 'irate” after another fisherman towed lines across his lures.

Tauranga Coast Guard believe the settled weather conditions early in the summer season led to many boaties taking their vessels out early and mending any boat problems they may have detected.

'Because of that weather they've managed to get their boats out before the holiday season and ensure the maintenance is up to date.”