Tawharanui
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Tawharanui Marine Reserve is a great dive site. The reserve stretches from along the surf beach to Takatu Point. It varies in depth with the best diving being in the 10 - 15m mark.
You can expect to see: Large Eagle and Sting Rays, Snapper, Kingfish, Flounder, Goat Fish, as well as large Crayfish towards the Takatu Point end of the reserve.
Dive Activity
Potential Wildlife Sightings
Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species: 25
iStock/Juliosanjuan
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Total number of species: 600
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Wrasse
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Total number of species: 110
iStock-Rainer von Brandis
Snapper
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Total number of species: 60
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Spiny Lobster
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Total number of species: 90
Shutterstock-Levent Konuk
Goatfish
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Total number of species: 80
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Stingrays
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Total number of species: 7000
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Crab
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John Dory
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Total number of species: 19
Alamy-Alex Mustard
Seal
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Total number of species: 30
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Sand Eel
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Total number of species: 20
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Porcupinefish
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Total number of species: 55
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Lobster
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Total number of species: 3000
SSI-Peter-Schinck
Nudibranch
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