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Cave Bay
Ngunguru, Northland, New Zealand
EntryBoat
Max depth18 m
LevelBeginner-friendly
Water bodyPacific Ocean
Water temp16–21°C
Estimated from climate dataDec–Apr
About this site
Cave Bay is a cave dive site near Ngunguru, Northland, New Zealand, in the Pacific Ocean. It is reached from a boat with a maximum depth of about 18 m. Generally suitable for beginners. Commonly reported marine life includes stingrays, nudibranchs, jacks, moray eels, lobsters. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 16 to 21 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberGood
Generally good diving.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
Red Rock CodScorpaena cardinalis
Sandager's WrasseCoris sandeyeri
PigfishBodianus unimaculatus
Black AngelfishParma alboscapularis
Yellowtail KingfishSeriola lalandi
Blue MaomaoScorpis violacea
Blue-eyed TriplefinNotoclinops segmentatus
Blue PointerIsurus oxyrinchus
Nearby sites
- 1Crystal Cave0.5 km
- 2Barren Arch0.7 km
- 3Cleanerfish Bay0.7 km
- 4Hope Point0.7 km
- 5Middle Arch0.7 km
- 6Boarfish Reef Poor Knights1.0 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: OpenDiveMap (ODbL) · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org