Dive Site Review by Tara Sutherland Photographs by Tara Sutherland and Martin Wallis There are only two good times to dive the cave - day time or night time. Rikoriko Cave is the largest sea cave in the world. Around 15 million years ago an eruption formed a gas bubble that became Rikoriko Cave. It is [...]
Dive site review and images by Tom Crisp The Rainbow Warrior is easily one of New Zealands top dive sites (it was recently rated in the Lonely Planets top 10 dive sites in the world!). The history behind the wreck gives this dive a real moody atmosphere. The wreck itself has done Greenpeace proud as [...]
Dive Site Review by Deralie Flower Above water images by Deralie Flower Under water image by Andrew Simpson Back in December, on a Monday that was my first day of being underemployed, I headed out to Tairua to dive the 36 Reef. So-named because the top of the reef is at 36m. This site is [...]
Dive site review by Anna Clague Photos by Andrew Simpson This is a great site with depth ranges to suit all ability of diver, from beginner to tech and all the levels in between. This site is on the seaward side of the Poor Knights Islands. Cave bay tumbles down over boulders from a nice shallow [...]
Shore dive Sheltered sandy bottomed bay has a rocky reef out crop on the left of the bay with a channel between this and the island. Assess the conditions from the top of the hill to the left of the beach above the children’s playground. From this vantage point you will be able to see [...]
Dive Site Review by Deralie Flower There are some dive sites that I just enjoy going back to again and again and again – Middle Arch at the Poor Knights’ Marine Reserve is one of those sites. For me, Middle Arch has it all – I have never had a disappointing dive at Middle Arch! One [...]
Dive Site Review by Tom Crisp Blue creek is a challenging dive, which requires highly advanced training, preparation and a good team. Logistically this is the hardest dive I have done to date. Blue creek resurgence is a cave dive situated in Tapawera Nelson. To get to the site takes a long drive from Nelson [...]
Site review – Anna Clague This dive site is a firm favourite of mine and the rest of our dive team. This site can be dived any day of the week and is best dived in daylight hours. Entry techniques can vary but most common is the front door or the rear door, by a [...]
Dive Site review by Tom Crisp The Mikhail Lermontov is easily the best wreck dive I have done to date. Based in Port Gore in the Marlborough Sounds, the 176m cruise liner lies in 36m of water with the shallowest point at just 12m. The hull of the ship is fully intact except for the [...]
Richards Rock Richards Rock, at the Mercury Islands, is one of my all time favorite sites. Richards Rock just breaks the surface at high tide, the top of the pinnacle is about 5mx5m large. On one side of this awash rock there is a small plateau at 18m with some interesting country to be found. [...]
