Zonation of mangrove species is the predictable and discrete ordering of mangrove species caused by a unique, intertidal environment. Mangrove zonation pattern is formed by complex abiotic and biotic environmental factors and, at the same time significantly influences the associate flora and fauna communities even the whole coastal ecosystem and local carbon cycle. In this study, high resolution time-series satellite images were employed to investigate the characteristics and inner structures of mangrove zonation using landscape metrics during the past decade in the Deep Bay area, Hong Kong SAR and Shenzhen, China. Both native and exotic mangrove species were discriminated and analyzed. The results of this study shown that native mangrove stands in the Deep Bay showed relatively clearer zonation during the past decade, presenting a sequence of the species in this tide-dominated shore with higher aggregation and reunion degree. In comparison, the distribution pattern of exotic species is in higher degree of fragmentation and less connectivity. The patch-based landscape metrics were proven to be effective methods in measuring and describing the spatial distribution pattern of mangrove zonation based on high resolution satellite images.