Rainbow Warrior

Rock area with lots of ’pinnacle’ type rocks, bottoms of rocks 30+ meters, tops of rocks just a few meters under the surface. Easy to go too deep, watch your depth. Beautiful dive with lots of marine life. Keep an eye to the blue water for a chance to see rare and exciting animals.

Located in and around Te Anaputa island, 3 ways is a archway system that links ups through the island. depths range from 5m to 22m. The dive terrain varies from shallow reef to walls on the outside of the island.

This site is located on the Northern side of the peninsular and accessed through the campground. Matauri Bay has a sloping stony beach that descends to 12m. The bay is filled with dynamic reef structure and filled with life. This is an example of a classic Kiwi shore dive that has reef, sandy and kelp patches.

Bird Rock is a large rock off Cape Brett. The walls of the rock slope down on all sides to 30-40m. In the winter, seals sometimes inhabit the rock and will jump into the water to swim with the divers. This site is recommended for more experienced divers as there can sometimes be strong currents.

The Sisters form a stand-alone rock off Cape Brett. The rock splits in two to form a narrow canyon at 10m. On the seaward side of the canyon, the rock drops off to 40m or more to boulders, while the inland side goes to 30m. There can be strong current at this dive site.

A long finger extends from the land towards the sea. The finger starts at 12m and runs west down to 25m, where it drops further. Towards the deeper end of the finger there is a swim through. Further in towards the land there are big boulders and a small cavern.

Rocky kelpy reef in 10m of water on the inward side of the island leads out to 18-25m towards the seawards side as one circumnavigates the island. An underwater cavern is a main feature of this dive, approximately 5m wide at the entrance.

With the option to dive either the western or eastern side, Motuwheke Island is a rocky reef dive. Kelp covered boulders can be found on the western side where depths from 15-25m, with greater depths of 25m to 45m on the eastern side.

The HMNZS Canterbury was decommissioned at the end of March 2005 and was scuttled on 3 November 2007 at Deep Water Cove in the Bay of Islands, making for a great artificial reef wreck dive.

A wonderful dive site for beginner divers and snorkelers. Named for the white rock it is made of, White Reef has made a substantial recovery within the protection of the Rahui, from Kina barren white rock to an almost fully covered healthy reef.