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Butterfly Wall
Southland, New Zealand
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EntryBoat
Max depth19 m
LevelEstimated: Intermediate and up
Water bodyTasman Sea
Water temp12–16°C
Estimated from climate dataJan–Apr
About this site
Butterfly Wall is a wall dive site, Southland, New Zealand, in the Tasman Sea. It is reached from a boat with a maximum depth of about 19 m. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes seals, lobsters, dolphins, nudibranchs, soft corals. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 12 to 16 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberGood
Generally good diving.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
Red Rock LobsterJasus edwardsii- New Zealand Fur SealArctocephalus australis forsteri
Common Bottlenose DolphinTursiops truncatus- Blue CodParapercis colias
Oblique-swimming TriplefinForsterygion maryannae- Butterfly PerchCaesioperca lepidoptera
Sea-potatoEchinocardium cordatum- Ocean PerchHelicolenus percoides
Nearby sites
- 1Bridal Veil0.8 km
- 2Cray’s Crack0.9 km
- 3Penguin Cove1.3 km
- 4Dale Point1.7 km
- 5Walk the Dog Wall1.9 km
- 6Dale Green2.7 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: OpenDiveMap (ODbL) · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org