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Sonic Boom Cave
Paihia, Northland, New Zealand
EntryBoat
Water bodyPacific Ocean
Water temp16–21°C
Estimated from climate dataDec–Apr
About this site
Sonic Boom Cave is a cave dive site near Paihia, Northland, New Zealand, in the Pacific Ocean. It is reached from a boat. Commonly reported marine life includes nudibranchs, jacks, moray eels, lobsters, reef sharks. 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
Yellowtail KingfishSeriola lalandi
Striped MarlinKajikia audax
Sandager's WrasseCoris sandeyeri
Red MokiChirodactylus spectabilis
Red Rock CodScorpaena cardinalis
PigfishBodianus unimaculatus
KelpieNotolabrus fucicola
Nearby sites
- 1Big Eyes Lair0.1 km
- 2Bowling Alley0.7 km
- 3Key Hole1.5 km
- 4The Sisters1.8 km
- 5The Nursery1.8 km
- 6White Reef2.0 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: OpenDiveMap (ODbL) · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org