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Nine Pins
Canterbury, New Zealand

EntryBoat
Max depth11 m
LevelEstimated: Beginner-friendly
Water bodyPacific Ocean
Water temp11–16°C
Estimated from climate dataJan–Mar
About this site
Nine Pins is a dive site, Canterbury, New Zealand, in the Pacific Ocean. It is reached from a boat with a maximum depth of about 11 m. Commonly reported marine life includes dolphins, lobsters, seals, nudibranchs, octopus. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 11 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
- Blue CodParapercis colias
- Hector's DolphinCephalorhynchus hectori
KahawaiArripis trutta
Common TriplefinForsterygion lapillum
Dusky DolphinLagenorhynchus obscurus
Killer WhaleOrcinus orca
Nearby sites
- 1Saint Kilda’s Rocks0.9 km
- 2Old Wharf1.0 km
- 3Haylee’s hideout1.1 km
- 4Seal Colony2.2 km
- 5South Bay Kaikoura2.7 km
- 6Rhino Horn2.8 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: OpenDiveMap (ODbL) · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org