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Post Office Rock
Southland, New Zealand
EntryBoat
Max depth18 m
LevelEstimated: Beginner-friendly
Water bodyTasman Sea
Water temp12–16°C
Estimated from climate dataJan–Apr
About this site
Post Office Rock is a dive site, Southland, New Zealand, in the Tasman Sea. It is reached from a boat with a maximum depth of about 18 m. Commonly reported marine life includes octopus, lobsters, seals, dolphins, nudibranchs. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 12 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
Common Bottlenose DolphinTursiops truncatus
Blue CodParapercis colias
Sea-potatoEchinocardium cordatum
Short-beaked Common DolphinDelphinus delphis
Dusky DolphinLagenorhynchus obscurus- Northern Spiny DogfishSqualus griffini
Nearby sites
- 1Fox Cove1.0 km
- 2Greenstone Point1.5 km
- 3Greenstone Beach1.7 km
- 4Dale Green2.2 km
- 5Dale Point3.0 km
- 6Penguin Cove3.4 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: OpenDiveMap (ODbL) · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org