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Landing Bay Poor Knights
Ngunguru, Northland, New Zealand
EntryBoat
Max depth17 m
LevelEstimated: Beginner-friendly
Water bodyPacific Ocean
Water temp16–21°C
Estimated from climate dataDec–Apr
About this site
Landing Bay Poor Knights is a dive site near Ngunguru, Northland, New Zealand, in the Pacific Ocean. It is reached from a boat with a maximum depth of about 17 m. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes nudibranchs, jacks, moray eels, stingrays, 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
- 1Landing Bay Pinnacle & Teravana Cave0.1 km
- 2Taravana Cave0.2 km
- 3Poor Knights Island NZ0.3 km
- 4Boarfish Reef Poor Knights0.3 km
- 5Noel’s Hole0.5 km
- 6Canyon0.6 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: OpenDiveMap (ODbL) · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org