A wall dive to 30m + on the outside of the cave. The cave mouth is large and at the sand line. Only qualified cave divers should enter beyond the light zone. Inside the cave mouth is covered in very cool growth. Outside is a great place to look for nudibranchs.

This arch takes a diver from the western side of the island to the eastern side. Walls outside the arch reach depth of 30m, while the inside of the arch shallows up to just 5m. On the eastern side to the right there is a group of large boulders and a small cave at around 20m.

Middle Arch is one of the best sites for diving at the Poor Knights. The Arch bottoms out at 18m and slopes down to 30m+ on both the North and South ends of the Arch. There is also an interesting cave with an air pocket near the Southwestern entrance to the Arch.

Also known as Dutchmans Cove, this is a beautiful little site has plenty going on. On the left the wall gently sloped but knobbly and slowly get deeper out towards the point. On the right you have a shear wall with depth of 18m with a sand gully.

Easy shallow dive in a sheltered bay. Lots of rock around the edges of a sandy bay. Go around the point to “The Labyrinth“ and find the swim through there. Shallow for the Poor Knights.

Stunning walls and pinnacle with depth beyond 50m for those trained to explore. Kelpy encrusted reef closer to the surface. On the eastern side, no often dived so go if you can.

A great shallow bottomed bay with a wraparound wall leading to a small cave and a boulder strewn slope leading to deeper depths for those who are qualified. Massive boulders hide crays and scorpionfish while there is a small cave around the point popular with stingrays.

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.

An iconic site for photographers due to the blue glow producing an awesome silhouette shots. The crack is about 60m long and at the open end, is about 15m deep. It is open to the surface the whole length of the crack and approx 10m wide at the opening, narrowing to 3m wide.

Typical New Zealand Reefs. Steep drops offs and lots of boulders to look at. Good for beginner as it has shallow parts and is sheltered. Steep drops off go to 40 meters.