Dolphin Underwater Club

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What you'll see (21)

New Zealand Common Cushion StarPatiriella regularisseen 164× near here

Lemon NudibranchDendrodoris citrinaseen 109× near here

Eleven-armed Sea StarCoscinasterias muricataseen 90× near here

Gem DorisDendrodoris krusensterniiseen 70× near here

Cat's Eye SnailLunella smaragdusseen 44× near here

Radiate LimpetCellana radiansseen 43× near here

New Zealand Half CrabPetrolisthes elongatusseen 43× near here

Ambush Sea StarStegnaster inflatusseen 43× near here

Plicate barnacleEpopella plicataseen 42× near here

Short-finned EelAnguilla australisseen 40× near here

Shield ShellScutus breviculusseen 39× near here

KinaEvechinus chloroticusseen 38× near here

Black neriteNerita melanotragusseen 37× near here

White-speckled SeahareAplysia argusseen 37× near here

Banded KōkopuGalaxias fasciatusseen 36× near here

Red-mouthed WhelkCominella virgataseen 35× near here

Cart-rut ShellDicathais orbitaseen 34× near here

Blue Green ChitonChiton glaucusseen 34× near here

Smooth-handed CrabPilumnopeus serratifronsseen 33× near here

Spotted Top SnailDiloma aethiopsseen 32× near here

New Zealand Hermit CrabPagurus novizealandiaeseen 31× near here

Planning a trip

8–12 days

worth going for

Long haul, usually two flights.

8,415km from Singapore — about 24h each way, so two of those days are travel. the only logged site in the area.

When people dive it

Busiest May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec.

From 19,826 logged sightings — when divers are in the water, which is not quite the same as when visibility is best.

Dive Crew is a dive group from Singapore. Members plan trips here, log their dives, and share their photos of each site.

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Moon and tides

Waning gibbous

70% lit · day 20 of the lunar month

Neap tides

Neap tides — the smallest range of the month, so the weakest currents. Easy conditions and usually the clearest water, though a drift site may barely drift.

New 10 Oct Full 26 Oct

Phase computed here, not fetched. This is the spring/neap cycle, which sets how hard the water moves — not a tide table: no free source publishes high and low water for Southeast Asian reefs, and the range peaks a day or two after the moon does, by an amount that varies with the coast. For times on the day, ask the operator.

Getting there

~14h 24m

door to water, each way · 3 legs

FlightAuckland (AKL)~13h 45mFlight time plus the airports at both ends. A connection adds to it.Find flights →
Transferthe jetty~9 minRoad transfer to the coast, usually arranged by the resort or liveaboard.Directions →
Dive boatDolphin Underwater Club~30 minThe last leg is always a boat — a dive site has no address.

📍 Dolphin Underwater Club on Google Maps 🧭 Route from Auckland

Times marked ~ are estimated from straight-line distance and will be roughly right at best. The road legs are the ones Google Maps answers properly; it will not plan the ferry or the dive boat at all. A dive site's coordinates put a pin in open water, so the map link drops you on the site, not on a jetty.

Details

Country: New Zealand
Marks: 36°46.962'S 174°45.616'E
Position: -36.7827, 174.7603

Where it is

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Sightings and photographs from iNaturalist contributors, research-grade records within 6km, under Creative Commons licences. Counts are what divers and snorkellers have bothered to log — a common fish with few records is common all the same.