Most of what was the lagoon is now low-lying land. Hawke's Bay Airport and suburbs of Napier are built on part of it. Much of the rest is used for agriculture. A broad shallow river channel runs along the western edge and across the southern half of the reclaimed land, flowing into Hawke Bay at Ahuriri Estuary, to the west of the suburb of Ahuriri and Bluff Hill. The suburb of Westshore occupies a thin strip between the sea and State Highway 2.
