GET WET, Get Wet Waikato Dive
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★★★★★ Get Wet Waikato
This is a heated indoor diving swimming pool at Get Wet Waikato. The pool is three meters deep and around nine meters long. There is a changing room and shower on site
★★★★☆ Lake Rotoma
Great training site and suitable to dive year round. A sunken dingy at 11m is a good objective for the dive. Lake Rotoma was formed within the Rotoma caldera when lava flows from a large crater explosion blocked its outlet 9,500 years ago.
★★★★★ Champagne Rock
The northern side of champagne rock is a great starting area for you dive. Out in champagne bay is 10m with big open reef. Swimming along side the rock itself is a wall that is littered with sealife.
★★★★☆ Cherry Island, Taupo
This is a drift dive with high current and back eddies. You will need to be with someone who has done this dive before, as the exit must not be missed. There is a natural hot spring halfway through dive.
★★★★☆ Matapaua Bay
Sandy Bay in the middle, Shallow reefs on either side. Great for beginner divers or OW1 and 2. During summer the bay can have heavy boat traffic so be careful. SE is the worst wind and swell for the bay.
★★★★☆ HUMBUG BAY
A Big bay with various dive sites on it. boulder and rocky out crops. Good fish life and a couple of caves underwater toward devils point. On the far east side of the bay there is a 3 level drop on to rocky reef.
★★★★☆ Devils Point
Great deep diving country with current running on the outer pin dropping off past 30m. as you come towards the middle pin there is a belly that comes up to 5-8m good for doing safety stops. As you head towards humbug bay there is a lot of boulder area with deep cracks and holes and comes up to a couple of caves.
★★★★☆ BIG BAY
It is as it sounds, a big bay with diving spots everywhere around the bay. deeper as you head towards the middle, white sand patches on the western edge.
★★★★★ OHINAU ISLAND
Ohinau Island is one of the coromandel peninsulas abandoned islands which have since been part of the Mercury Island group and offer some wicked dives
★★★★★ THE MAORI LADY
The Maori Lady is a great island to dive on with 3 different dive sites on the island. Each dive sight is completely different to the next with the island being able to shelter in most weather.
★★★★☆ Little Ohinau
Little ohinau has 2 main dive sites with Little O Bay and Turtle cove. Turtle cove is a great site for more experienced divers. strong currents around the edges.
★★★★☆ MAHURANGI IS/ GOAT IS
2 tractors were sunk here to make an artificial reef Many moons ago. This is a sandy bottom with small broken reef that borders on the Hahei marine reserve. Great for beginners and OW1 and 2. Easy navigation and is protected from most weather.
★★★★☆ Rena (Wreck)
The Rena Wreck is located on the Astrolabe Reef, 12 nautical miles from the entranced of Tauranga Harbour. The wreck lies between 18-70m of water and is only to be dived in calm conditions with swells under 1m. The current can also be strong depending on the tide.
★★★★☆ OPITO BAY
Just 20 mins by car or 30 mins in a boat, Opito bay is well known as a scallop bed although it has just been shut down for the next 2 years due to poor bed condition.
★★★★☆ PEACH GROVE - GMI
On the Southern end of great mercury island Peachgrove has a stunning beach and dive sites to match. Being able to cater to just about every level of diver.
Opening Hours
| Monday | 08:30 - 05:00 |
| Tuesday | 08:30 - 05:00 |
| Wednesday | 08:30 - 05:00 |
| Thursday | 08:30 - 05:00 |
| Friday | 08:30 - 05:00 |
| Saturday | 09:00 - 02:00 |
| Sunday | 09:00 - 02:00 |
Opening Hours
| Monday | 08:30 - 05:00 |
| Tuesday | 08:30 - 05:00 |
| Wednesday | 08:30 - 05:00 |
| Thursday | 08:30 - 05:00 |
| Friday | 08:30 - 05:00 |
| Saturday | 09:00 - 02:00 |
| Sunday | 09:00 - 02:00 |