Dive Review of Dive! Tutukaka in
New Zealand/Poor Knight Islands

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Dive! Tutukaka, Mar, 2013, by Paul Pruitt, CA, US ( 2 reports). Report 6921.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations	N/A	Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	Dive Tutukaka is an outstanding operation that serves New Zealand's best dive site, the Poor Knight Islands, three hours north of Auckland. Excellent dive boats of various sizes are matched to the divers ability and desires. They stress the cold water, but to those of us from Northern California it was almost tropical, however they dive everyday of the year, so winter diving I am sure is much colder. We wore 5 mm suits but no hoods. We were there in March, in my opinion the best time to visit New Zealand, equivalent to late September in the States. Kids are back in school, the resorts are open but empty, and the weather is perfect. Poor Knights is about a hour boat ride from the harbor in Tutukaka,and Dive Tutukaka makes it easy if not inexpensive. They rent everything or mix and match with your gear. We had 4-6 divers with every instructor, all guides are PADI Instructors and will be as hands on or off as you request. While a week at Poor Knights would get repetitive 4-6 dives can be great for divers / photographers. The area is pristine, with every size of marine life available. Biggest surprise was the 2.5 foot sting ray just resting in the sand between walls of the reef. Meditation Rock is the living Aquarium of the South Pacific with corrals, fans, sponges, nudibranchs, worms, and tropical fish all in residence. Diving in the cave along with the dive boat is a special experience.
Websites	Dive! Tutukaka
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	[Unspecified]
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	62-67°F / 17-19°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	60-120 Ft/ 18-37 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Surface with at least 50 bar on the gauge
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	no
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	1 or 2	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Micro heaven, schools of tropicals that should not be here, but the EAC, (think Finding Nemo) is the water river that flows just off the islands and delivers tremendous variations of life to their protected bays and caves.

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Dive Review of Dive! Tutukaka in New Zealand/Poor Knight Islands

Dive! Tutukaka, Mar, 2013,

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Dive Review of Dive! Tutukaka in
New Zealand/Poor Knight Islands