Dive Site - Northern Arch
| Dive Site - Northern Arch | |||
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| Northern Arch | Poor Knights Islands, NZ | ||
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| New Zealand |  |
40 m | Advanced Open Water |
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| - | Salt | 0 m | |
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| 35° 26.913′ S 35.44855° S 35° 26′ 54.78″ S |
174° 43.898′ E 174.731633° E 174° 43′ 53.88″ E |
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| The Northern Arch dive site is on Tawhiti Rahi (West) in the Poor Knights Island. It's located within the Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve, approximately one hour off the coast of Tutukaka, New Zealand. A small slot hides a larger, wider Arch beneath the water. The Archway itself has two colourful walls that drop to at least 35 metres and large schools of fish often stack up from the shallows to the deep. Currents can often run through the arch, which attract large Kingfish and Rays. T he wall toward the point has plenty of colour with Nudibranchs and Morays hiding in the cracks. The point itself is usually home to large schools of Pink Maomao, Snapper and Kingfish. There are also sightings of Sharks around this site. There is also a small cave on the southern side. Max Depth 40m+ Northern Arch is an advanced site, with a bottom of 40 metres, and a narrow 12-15 metre wide arch, with incredible encrusting wall life, and schooling pink maomao, circling kingfish and stacking sting rays in season. Location GPS coordinates from Michael McFadyen. Accuracy unknown. See also: https://www.michaelmcfadyenscuba.info/viewpage.php?page_id=805 |
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