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Taranaki Street Wharf Diving Platform
Wellington, New Zealand
Water bodyCook Strait
Water temp12–18°C
Estimated from climate dataJan–Apr
About this site
Taranaki Street Wharf Diving Platform is a dive site near Wellington, New Zealand, in the Cook Strait. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes nudibranchs, lobsters, seals, seahorses, stingrays. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 12 to 18 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberGood
Generally good diving.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
Red Rock LobsterJasus edwardsii
Common TriplefinForsterygion lapillum
TwisterBellapiscis medius- Big-belly SeahorseHippocampus abdominalis
Short-tail StingrayBathytoshia brevicaudata
Eagle RayMyliobatis tenuicaudatus
KelpieNotolabrus fucicola- New Zealand Fur SealArctocephalus australis forsteri
Nearby sites
- 1Mahanga Bay4.2 km
- 2Scorching Bay4.3 km
- 3Kau Point4.5 km
- 4Island Bay6.1 km
- 5Princess Bay6.2 km
- 6Mermaids Kitchen6.7 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org