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★★★★★ Promenade Point
Just 1.5 hours from Whangarei, north of Dargeville Kai Iwi lakes offers an alternate easy access dive site on days when you just can’t get into the sea. Lake Taharoa’s Promenade Point offers a toilet facility, parking and easy access to both shallow water (less than 3m) and drop off entries (5m+).
★★★★☆ Taharoa Domain (Kai Iwi Lakes)
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.
★★★★☆ 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.
★★★★☆ Acacia Bay
Great site for training, has some great cliff faces and a circular rock structure made by divers as a reference point. Bottom topography can be silted if disturbed, good buoyancy is a must at this site.
★★★★★ Kinloch
This dive site is in Lake Taupo, and is a great dive site for training or those wanting to experience lake diving. Temperatures are general cold but can warm up during summer. From the beach the bottom slopes down to around 7m then drops to over 20m
★★★★☆ Wharewaka Point
Good parking, onsite toilets, changing rooms, BBQ facilities. Grass area to set up. Easy shore entry on sand/stone extending down to 30mtr+.
★★★★☆ 4 mile reef
Good parking, onsite toilets, changing rooms, BBQ facilities. Grass area to set up. Easy shore entry on sand/stone extending down to 30mtr+. Water clarity generally good on sand area, some silt on dropoff. Easy site to Navigate. Best wind conditions are less than 8knts and easterly (offshore) direction.
Opening Hours
| Monday | 09:00 - 18:00 |
| Tuesday | 09:00 - 18:00 |
| Wednesday | 09:00 - 18:00 |
| Thursday | 09:00 - 18:00 |
| Friday | 09:00 - 18:00 |
| Saturday | 09:00 - 18:00 |
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Opening Hours
| Monday | 09:00 - 18:00 |
| Tuesday | 09:00 - 18:00 |
| Wednesday | 09:00 - 18:00 |
| Thursday | 09:00 - 18:00 |
| Friday | 09:00 - 18:00 |
| Saturday | 09:00 - 18:00 |
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