Dive the Poor Knights
Sheer cliffs plunge into a marine environment that is as unique as the islands themselves. Marine life abounds within the protected waters of the marine reserve. Dense kelp forests, sand channels, vertical walls, giant sea caves, archways and underwater caverns create vastly different habitats within a small area, providing a niche for more species of fish and invertebrates than can be found anywhere else in New Zealand coastal waters. Add to this a subtropical current that carries marine life from tropical waters, visibility that ranges from 20 to 40 metres for most of the year and you have all the ingredients for some of the best diving and snorkeling to be found anywhere in the world.
Diving the Poor Knights Islands is a unique experience. Not only do you enter the three dimensional world of the undersea, but through the many archways, tunnels and caves, you are entering the very islands themselves. This exploration is not just restricted to experienced scuba divers. Most of the archways and many of the caves are open to the surface providing safe access for all levels of experience.
Dive Trips
Oceanblue Adventures specializes in liveaboard dive charters offering weekend and extended diving trips to dive Poor Knights Islands. Group (max of 6) and individual bookings are welcome. How many dives you do depends only on yourselves and the weather.
Our philosophy is simple. Combine a comfortable boat, great food, excellent company and diving at the best dive sites New Zealand's Northland has to offer and you have the recipe for Oceanblue Adventures. All overnight trips include lunch on each day plus breakfast and dinner when staying out at the Knights.
The four day trips give you the broadest range of dive sites with the nearby wrecks of the Tui and Waikato also available as a stop-off or day trip option.
