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Poor Knights Islands
Ngunguru, Northland, New Zealand
Water bodyPacific Ocean
Water temp16–21°C
Estimated from climate dataDec–Apr
About this site
Poor Knights Islands is a dive site near Ngunguru, Northland, New Zealand, in the Pacific Ocean. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes nudibranchs, moray eels, jacks, stingrays, seals. 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
- 1Southern Arch1.2 km
- 2Calypso Bay1.5 km
- 3Blue MaoMao Arch1.6 km
- 4Eastern Arch1.6 km
- 5Ngaio Rock1.6 km
- 6Labrid Channel Poor Knights1.6 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA, facts) · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org