"Close to the Takapuna city centre, the lake is popular not only with wild birds but with picnickers, paddlers, kayakers, rowers, yachtsmen, divers, and windsurfers (lessons have been given on the lake). Free divers (no tanks) have practiced in the lake. College rowing crews use it. There have been boating races. The Pupuke Boating Club operates there. Takapuna Boating Club hosts regattas. Lake Pupuke is suitable for swimming but murky and contains thick vegetation, and there have been drownings. The lake has been tested for bacteria and generally meets safe swimming conditions"