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Lighthouse Bay
Ngunguru, Northland, New Zealand
EntryBoat
Max depth12 m
LevelEstimated: Beginner-friendly
Water bodyPacific Ocean
Water temp16–21°C
Estimated from climate dataDec–Apr
About this site
Lighthouse Bay 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 12 m. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes lobsters, octopus, nudibranchs, reef sharks, jacks. 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
Blue PointerIsurus oxyrinchus
Red Rock LobsterJasus edwardsii
Common TriplefinForsterygion lapillum
Sydney OctopusOctopus tetricus- Spotted GobyFavonigobius lentiginosus
- Mottled TwisterBellapiscis lesleyae
- Shortfin EelAnguilla australis
- Sand FlounderRhombosolea plebeia
Nearby sites
- 1Whangaumu Bay2.9 km
- 2HMNZS Waikato wreck3.0 km
- 3Mcgregor’s Bay13 km
- 4The Gut13 km
- 5Sugarloaf Rock Poor Knights16 km
- 6Kauri Mountain Awarua Rocks19 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: OpenDiveMap (ODbL) · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org