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Nursery Cove & The Labyrinth
Nursery Cove & The Labyrinth · 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
Nursery Cove & The Labyrinth 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. Commonly reported marine life includes sea turtles, nudibranchs, moray eels, jacks, stingrays. 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
Black AngelfishParma alboscapularis
PigfishBodianus unimaculatus
Blue PointerIsurus oxyrinchus
Blue MaomaoScorpis violacea
Blue-eyed TriplefinNotoclinops segmentatus
Yellowtail KingfishSeriola lalandi
Nearby sites
- 1Cream Garden0.2 km
- 2HMNZS Waikato0.2 km
- 3Mary’s Wall0.2 km
- 4HMNZS Tui0.2 km
- 5Trevor’s Rocks0.3 km
- 6Bartle Bay0.3 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: OpenDiveMap (ODbL) · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org