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Location: Fiordland (New Zealand)
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Dive in Milford Sound, it's the biz! Fresh water over seawater means that normally deep water animals can live happily at much shallower depths, just 10-20m. Huge black coral trees, like white fluffy Christmas trees, up to 4m across are easily seen at 15-18m deep and there are hundreds of smaller ones up to 2m across from 5-15m deep; also, red corals, spiny sea-dragons, spiny spotted dog-sharks, a huge variety of fish (big and small), and heaps of invertebrate life covering the walls of the fiord.

The average annual visibility here is high for coastal New Zealand at around 10-12m, going up to 25-30m during late summer and through winter. There are no surges, currents or swell so it makes for very easy diving, but buoyancy control is important as most of the diving is along a wall (maybe with a shelf or sloping bottom underneath you) which may drop down to 50 or 100m below you. Very dramatic!

Water temperature is quite stable due to the fiord conditions; a high of 16C in summer going down to only 12C through winter (whereas it would be around 8 degrees out around the coast in winter).

You can't just dive on your own here as a boat is required to get to the dive sites but a tour (with full Milford cruise and 2 dives) can easily be arranged from Te Anau, a good overnight base with plenty of accommodation, from where most of the day trips to Milford Sound originate from.


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