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SCUBA Dive New Zealand ‘22 the Best Temperate Diving in the Southern Hemisphere HIGHLIGHTS: Great & Little Barrier Islands, Poor Knights Islands, Bay of Islands SCUBA Dive New Zealand ‘22 The best temperate diving in the Southern Hemisphere HIGHLIGHTS: Great & Little Barrier Islands, Poor Knights Islands, Bay of Islands. Shipwrecks: “Rainbow Warrior”, HMNZ Ships “Canterbury”, “Tui”, “Waikato”. SCUBA Diving: Hammerheads, Orcas, Ancient Volcanic Formations, Kelp Forests, abundant fish life Duration: 11 days – 10 nights, 18-SCUBA Boat Dives, including NITROX Trip Code: NZ22 Tour Leader: Ron Hunter Max Group Size 12 Min. Level: Advanced Open Water + 35 Logged Dives Dates: 17th-27th February, 2022 Cost: $AU 3,990 Twin-share Plus Airfares The Diving Hauraki Gulf – Barrier Islands SitesNITROX is included to maximise your dive times & safety. You The Diving: must be NITROX certified for its use. Expect TWO dives per day during the tour. Most diving is from RIBS, essential you have a spray jacket and hat Right on Auckland’s doorstep lies the Hauraki Gulf, known throughout the world as a boating paradise. For many divers, this area has a certain mystique. many have heard of it, but few seem to know where it is or have actually dived it. Research over recent years has found areas frequented by the migrating Hammerheads between Little Barrier and Great Barrier Islands. The most successful observations of the Hammerheads is when snorkelling, but they are often spotted when SCUBA diving as well. Add to this huge crayfish, and massive torpedo-sized kingfish, these dive sites are not to be missed... Great Barrier Island is a rich eco-system fed by the East Auckland current that travels through the famous Poor Knights and Mokohinau Islands. The climate is sub-tropical providing temperate waters and with its colourful volcanic history, there is plenty to explore underwater. The Great Barrier (chain of islands) is 40km long by 15km providing a vast array of locations to dive Great Barrier has a huge range of dive sites making it an ideal destination for both scuba divers and spearfishing alike. Popular sites include broken island and the pigeons. Little Barrier Island: Now an extinct volcano, travelling to Little Barrier is like stepping into Jurassic Park. The location is just stunning, & the diving doesn’t disappoint. Mid-February is the peak of the Hammerhead migration! This is one of the many amazing spectacles in terms of wildlife you can see in New Zealand. Outside of the Hammerhead season Little Barrier has plenty of fish life & beautiful scenery. Hen Island: A complete contrasting dive site to little Barrier, offering amazing underwater topography & plenty of diverse fish life. The spearfishing divers love this area due the abundance & variety. At the Hen there are so many pinnacles to dive & arches to squeeze through, you will not be short of adventure & fun! Poor Knights Islands – an International Icon Twenty-three kilometres off New Zealand’s Tutukaka Coast, and washed by warm currents swept South from the Coral Sea Tutukaka is the harbour town for trips heading out the Poor Knight Islands. The Poor Knights are a full nature and marine reserve, with several Islands fully protected and uninhabited. They are full of history, folk lore and chock full of life! The water here is affected by the east Australian current which causes the temperature to vary between 14 C winter and 22 C in the summer. Welcoming a host of temperate and seasonal tropical visitors. Since becoming a marine reserve life has exploded here, and all sorts of temperate life calls the poor Knights home. All diving is from boats with nil people access to the Islands. There are MANY dive sites around the Poor Knight Islands, each with its own features. Many divers’ favourite is Northern Arch, photo opportunities abound here. Northern Arch is an Archway and Wall dive, depending on conditions and currents the dive plan can change here either side of the arch, around the point or through the arch and back. Max depth is around 43m at the bottom of the Arch which is 6-8m wide, the top of the arch is above the water level. At times you can see Sharks and larger creatures swimming off the point of the arch (Mantas and Orcas included). The Diving – the Shipwrecks The former HMNZS Tui is resting at a depth of 32m of water. She began life as the Charles H Davis working on Hydrographic research for an American university. For the last 17 years of her working life she was leased out by the United States Navy to become the HMNZS Tui, deployed on naval hydrographic work. She was also sent to Mururoa to observe the last series of French Nuclear bomb tests in the South Pacific, and became the unofficial mothership to a large international protest fleet. The Tui was gifted to Tutukaka Coast Promotions after long negotiations, prepared for her new role as a dive attraction & sunk off Tutukaka on the 20th of February 1999. The frigate ex HMNZS Waikato was built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast, Ireland, launched on February 18 1966, and commissioned into the Royal New Zealand Navy on September 5, 1966. At 113.4m long, 12.5m beam with a draft of 5.5m she was the first of the Leander class frigates built for the navy. She had a top speed of 30 knots, and was powered by twin 30,000 hp steam turbines The Waikato was armed to the teeth, sporting twin 4.5in guns in the turret, two 20mm Orlikeon machine guns on the wings, a quad Seacat anti-aircraft missile launcher, six 12.75m anti-submarine torpedo tubes, one anti-submarine warfare Limbo mortar Mark 10 and a Wasp Helicopter capable of delivering depth charges and the Mark 46 anti- submarine torpedo. She served the RNZ Navy until decommissioning in 1998. Tutukaka Coast won the tender & prepared the ship for divers during 1999-2020 Finally the ship was sent to her final resting place on the 25th of November 2000 in a world record time of 2 min 40 seconds. Resting in 28m, the Waikato is the only purpose-sunk frigate in the Southern Hemisphere. Her turret & one propeller were left on the ship Former HMNZ Canterbury (F421) was operated by the New Zealand Navy from 1971 to 2005. On 3rd November 2007 she was scuttled in Deep Water Cove to become an artificial reef to help encourage depleted fish stocks to increase. Deep Water Cove become a Rahui (no take zone) and as of 2020 it was extended another 2 years. Deep Water Cove became an attraction for divers and freedivers from all over New Zealand, visiting the area to dive the Canterbury wreck. Sitting on the sand at 32m at the bow and 36m at the stern, the upper deck sits between 22m and 27m, and the top of the super structure at 12m making it perfect for divers certified to 30m. 32% Enriched Air Nitrox is a popular blend to be used by scuba divers to explore the upper areas of the wreck. The outside of the wreck is covered with colourful encrusting life including Jewel Anemones that can be seen spawning on special trips during the winter. Massive schools of sweep use the wreck for protection from hungry predators such as the large kingfish and snapper that can be found around and even inside the wreck. Large crayfish can be found in holes around the wreck. In the darker areas large schools of Big Eyes hide. Divers can navigate the upper levels of the wreck relatively easily. The wreck was sunk with divers in mind. so large holes have been cut out around the wreck to allow easy access in and out by divers. Dives to explore below 30m, take more planning and training. The Diving – the Shipwrecks The “Rainbow Warrior” The sinking of Rainbow Warrior, codenamed Opération Satanique, was a bombing operation by the "action" branch of the French foreign intelligence services, the Direction générale de la sécurité extérieure (DGSE), carried out on 10 July 1985. During the operation, two operatives sank the flagship of the Greenpeace fleet, “Rainbow Warrior”, at the Port of Auckland in New Zealand on her way to a protest against a planned French nuclear test in Moruroa. All of the crew escaped the sinking ship that night, except Fernando Pereira, a photographer, who drowned whilst trying to retrieve his expensive camera gear. France initially denied responsibility, but two French agents were captured by New Zealand Police and charged with arson, conspiracy to commit arson, wilful damage and On 12 December 1987, two years after it was blown up in Auckland murder. The scandal resulted in the resignation of the French Harbour, the “Rainbow Warrior” was scuttled to become a dive site. Defence Minister Charles Hernu, while the two agents plead The boat was sunk off Matauri Bay, quite close to the Cavalli Islands. guilty to manslaughter and were sentenced to ten years in prison. They spent two years confined to the French island of Hao, before being freed by the French government. Several political figures, including the then New Zealand Prime Minister David Lang, referred to the bombing as an act of terrorism, or state-sponsored terrorism. On the twentieth anniversary of the sinking, it was revealed that the French president Francois Mitterrand had personally authorized the bombing. BASTARD! Today, The Rainbow Warrior truly embodies its name. The 40-metre long ship is covered in colourful jewel anemones and macro critters. Divers will find themselves surrounded by schools of golden snapper, kingfish and john dory. Visibility on the wreck is consistently around 15-20 metres, water temperature in summer 22°C - 24°C. The maximum depth for the site is 27 metres.
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