The dive site at the Eastern end of the lake has a shallow (0.5m) entrance, then quickly drops to 10m and eventually slopes down to 30+. The bottom composition starts as fine white sand and gradually becomes siltier at depth.

Our heated indoor training pool is located on site and is around 24 degrees C warm. It is 1.4m deep in the shallows with a deep area that is 6m x 6m and 3.5m deep.

Shore dive down a maximum of 10m to explore the old mooring blocks and boulders on the sand, then come back up into the oyster covered boulders and then back across the seagrass to the exit point.

30 Minutes from Dive Now, Whangarei. One of our popular shallow training sites for Open Water courses. A shallow site, but busy with boat traffic.

Small reef top out of water at low tide. Drops off to 9m deep - sand and mixed kelp. Dive with flag always as boat traffic can be a issue. Normally little current

Limited car parking as this is by the start of a popular walking site that has toilets and a drinking fountain. Stairs down to the beach and then a long walk through shallow water with a slippery bottom until you find deeper water. Alternately divers travel here by boat and dive a little further from shore.

5 minutes from the main road that leads to Tutukaka you can find the bays. 4m to 8m can easily be found from the northern end. 10m can be found if heading around the rocks. Kayak diving is a great tool here.

The Avenues is a series of channels and guts that make up a shallow reef network. The deepest this reef gets is 20m, making it a great site for Open Water to Advanced divers.

Taupiri Bay has a sandy sloping bottom with a fairly significant reef structure that curves out from the left side of the shore. Max depth is 8-10m with a favourable tide.

A 30 Minute drive from Dive Now if you are doing a shore dive down Kauri Mountain Road. For boats, launch from Whangarei Harbour, Pautua or Tutukaka.