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Whale Rock
Whitianga, North Island Of New Zealand, New Zealand
Max depth40 m
LevelEstimated: Advanced and up
Water bodyPacific Ocean
Water temp15–21°C
Estimated from climate dataDec–Apr
About this site
Whale Rock is a reef and wall dive site near Whitianga, Waikato, New Zealand, in the Pacific Ocean. It has a maximum depth of about 40 m. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes lobsters, octopus, seals, stingrays, moray eels. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 15 to 21 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberGood
Generally good diving.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
Red Rock LobsterJasus edwardsii
Blue PointerIsurus oxyrinchus
Green Rock LobsterSagmariasus verreauxi
Black AngelfishParma alboscapularis
Sydney OctopusOctopus tetricus
Blue MaomaoScorpis violacea
Red Cock CodScorpaena papillosa
Red MokiChirodactylus spectabilis
Nearby sites
- 1Little Ohinau4.4 km
- 2Black Rocks Lagoon5.0 km
- 3Ohinau Island5.6 km
- 4Stanley Island6.1 km
- 5Korapuki7.2 km
- 6Double Island7.3 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org