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Dale Point
Southland, New Zealand
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EntryBoat
Max depth21 m
LevelEstimated: Intermediate and up
Water bodyTasman Sea
Water temp12–16°C
Estimated from climate dataJan–Apr
About this site
Dale Point is a dive site, Southland, New Zealand, in the Tasman Sea. It is reached from a boat with a maximum depth of about 21 m. Commonly reported marine life includes stingrays, nudibranchs, octopus, lobsters, seals. 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
Sea-potatoEchinocardium cordatum
Short-beaked Common DolphinDelphinus delphis
Dusky DolphinLagenorhynchus obscurus- Northern Spiny DogfishSqualus griffini
Nearby sites
- 1Penguin Cove0.5 km
- 2Dale Green1.0 km
- 3Cray’s Crack1.4 km
- 4Greenstone Beach1.4 km
- 5Greenstone Point1.5 km
- 6Butterfly Wall1.7 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: OpenDiveMap (ODbL) · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org