Tauranga Coastguard is reporting it responded to just two calls over the weekend from despite hundreds of boats being out on the water.

Both callouts were from boats unable to restart engines, says Tauranga Volunteer Coastguard operations manger Simon Barker.

A launch was towed in to Tauranga from the Brewis Shoal on Sunday after it experienced problems with its diesel fuel pump.

Brewis Shoal is out near the Astrolabe reef off the north east end of Motiti Island.

'There was another call later on out by Plate Island,” says Simon.

'We sent the Maketu boat out.”

Shane Beech at Maketu Coastguard says they jump started the engine on a 17ft runabout with four people aboard. The boat returned to Tauranga under its own power.