Dale Green

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Dale Green

★★★★★ (7)

Dale Green features a varied site with some reef and steep wall aspects. Walls drop to 80 meters depth close to shore. Large black coral trees and abundant fish life around them. Has red coral colonies in overhangs.

Varied site featuring sharks, rays, large black coral trees, octopus, wrasses, butterfly perch, marblefish, a variety of nudibranch, yellow zooanthids and red coral.

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Descend NZ, 9600 Southland

Sinbad Gully (★4.4)

Inner Fiord dive with some reef and steep walls. Some black coral trees, tube anemones, wrasses, perches and a chance for seven gill and dogshark shark encounters.
Descend NZ, 9600 Southland

The Triangle (★4.6)

This inner Fiord dive site is a mix of rocky shoreline leading onto sand plus steep wall diving. There is a steep drop-off that houses one of the largest black coral trees in the Fiord at about 18 meters that has a few carpet shark eggs attached. Generally a thick surface freshwater layer and darker conditions.
Descend NZ, 9600 Southland

Harrison Cove (★4.7)

Dive Site starts out on shallow gravel bottom composition to 45 degree sloping muddy sandy bottom with a few rock outcrops with some growth of black coral. Sharky site.
Descend NZ, 9600 Southland

Bridal Veil (★4.8)

Bridal Veil is a gentle sloping site, starting at Bridal Veil beach with a wall extending out all the way to Copper Point. Generally sheltered training site in the shallow part.
Descend NZ, 9600 Southland

Butterfly Wall (★4.2)

Butterfly wall starts in a sheltered cove with gently sloping stoney sandy bottom down to rocky sandy reef. Turns into a steep wall dive on both sides.
Descend NZ, 9600 Southland

Walk the Dog Wall (★4.8)

Walk the dog Wall is an extreme wall dive site with a towering cliff above extending to at least 80 meters depth on parts of the wall. Main features are black and red coral, butterfly perch and dogsharks.
Descend NZ, 9600 Southland

Cray’s Crack (★4.6)

This marine reserve site has a rocky reef extending on a 45 degree slope to about 18 meters before turning to sand. Turns into steep wall with initially a seafloor shelf at 20 meters but dropping off to around 80 meters in parts. Rich in black coral and crayfish.
Descend NZ, 9600 Southland

Dale Point (★4.3)

This marine reserve site is a mix of wall dive with steep drop offs and some reef. Abundant in large black coral, yellow zoanthids and plenty of fish life.
Descend NZ, 9600 Southland

Penguin Cove (★4.6)

This marine reserve site starts on shallow shelf. From here a rocky reef slopes to deeper waters on a 45 degree angle. Features large black coral trees. Both sides of the cove turn into steep and deep wall dives.
Descend NZ, 9600 Southland

Greenstone Beach (★5.0)

Greenstone Beach features a rocky shoreline starting at 5 meters depth with a sloping 45 degree rocky reef with large boulders dotted along the coastline.
Descend NZ, 9600 Southland

Greenstone Point (★4.7)

Wall dive suitable for deep and technical diving profiles extending to a max depth of 90m. Greenstone Point is located on the southern side of the entrance to Milford Sound.
Descend NZ, 9600 Southland

Post Office Rock (★4.4)

This near coastal features a colourful kelpy rocky reef and drops off gently to sandy floor at about 25 meters max. Abundant with reef fish and the occasional seven gill shark.
Descend NZ, 9600 Southland

Fox Cove (★4.7)

Located on the outer Fiord this site features a rocky reef to sandy bottom with a max depth of around 20 meters depending where in the cove. Exposed in north to northwest winds and sheltered in southwesterly wind directions.