The Best of the Best – New Zealand Diving!
A world of dive locations in one island paradise…
Diving in New Zealand is an exceptional experience well known to the locals and just discovered by the international diver. The country abounds with sub-tropical reefs, wrecks, clear water springs and alpinefiords. Vineyards and lodgings cris-cross the country. New Zealand lies midway between the equator and the South Pole. Its waters in the north are subtropical and temperate in the south.
Jacques Cousteau loved diving in New Zealand. He rated the Poor Knights as one the top dive sites in the world, and described Fiordland as an under water wonderland. Southern Edge invites you on an experience you’ll never want to end.
| The Poor Knights |
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| The Poor Knights Marine Reserve, where named by Jacques Cousteau as one of the top 10 dive sites in the world. The warm currents here originate in the Coral Sea. The visibility greater than that of nearby coastal waters. |
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| The Alderman Islands |
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| The diving is spectacular featuring huge drop offs and attracting a great range of fish life, caves, pinnacles starting at 12 metres, and a major feeding station starting 8m below the surface and dropping to 70m. |
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| White Island Volcano |
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| There are very few places you can dive a live volcano, but White Island, which has been steaming away for centuries, But what makes this place truly unique are the bubbling underwater fissures creating an underwater Jacuzzi. |
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| The Riwaka Caverns |
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| The Riwaka Caverns are a very interesting yet relatively easy freshwater cave dive (especially for divers experienced at night diving). After a short bush walk that takes us to the top of a basin we enter the cave through a 3 metre sump.
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| The Mikhael Lermontov |
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| Spend the day exploring the leviathan known as the ‘Red Giant’. At 170 metre long, Russia’s most luxurious cruise liner, became one of the largest and most accessible diving wrecks…
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| Milford Sound |
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Few visitors to Fiordland are aware that below the tide line there is another world with its own fauna and flora. Much of the uniqueness is caused by the light-absorbing fresh water layer. his restricts algal growth and allows deepwater…
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| Canterbury Wreck |
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| The HMNZS Canterbury was one of two broad beam Leander class frigates operated by the Royal New Zealand Navy. On 3 Nov 2007 she was sunk by plastic explosives to create an artificial reef. Located in Deep Water Cove… |
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| Bay of Islands |
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| The beautiful Bay of Islands has a variety of dive sites available, you’ll come across dive terrain such as swim-throughs, caves, canyons, walls, boulders, off-shore pinnacles and more! |
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| Shark Cage Diving |
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| Get face to face with mako sharks as they cruise and feed off the Gisborne Coast. View sharks in safety beneath the ocean in a specially designed snorkelling cage! |
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