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Location: Poor Knights (New Zealand)
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Here you can see what other divers thought, the top dive sites, what fish to see, and what wrecks are here.
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Top Dive Sites (make sure you dive these!)
1 Blue Maomao Arch With 3 votes(s).
2 Northern Arch With 3 votes(s).
3 Tie Dye Arch With 1 votes(s).
4 Southern Arch With 1 votes(s).

Marine Sightings:

Based on data from your reviews for Poor Knights. we know the following about the marine life you can expect to see.
If you have been to Poor Knights please add a review (see left). Your experience of what you saw will help to extend these results!

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Reviews:

Here are the last 10 reviews for Poor Knights. Show all of them.

Visited Comments
April 2008 The Dive Tutukaka folks are really good. They let you do your own thing with your buddy if you are an experienced diver. We didn't have very good conditions when we went, but it was still a good time. We stayed at a new hotel called Oceans which is a very short walk from the dive centre... We enjoyed the hotel a lot -- new, clean and convenient. The restaurant next to the dive shop is really good.
Date posted: 18-Apr-2008 13:09 by: southernseas
February 2008 I dived with Knight Diver - good people. Ideal for novice divers, probably less good for experienced divers. However, the guide and the skipper were both excellent people and made sure all had a good time.
Date posted: 13-Mar-2008 21:00 by: Eamonn
November 2007 Was a little too early in the season to see all the amazing stuff that everyone always says about the poor knight but it was still fun.
Date posted: 01-Feb-2008 02:19 by: hwiggins
May 2005 Amazing dive site, Dive Tutukaka were an extremely good dive operator, ver well organised and efficent but with a personal touch.
Date posted: 12-Aug-2007 19:05 by: Tom
November 2005 great diving. if your anywhere near nz its worth a visit
Date posted: 10-May-2007 19:06 by: chris
February 2005 Excellent diving, plenty of very colourful life, fantastic archways and tunnels.
Date posted: 26-Oct-2006 17:57 by: petec
January 2004 Awesome diving ! Did four days whilst on honeymoon. Can not recommend it enough
Date posted: 04-May-2006 16:35 by: Dale
December 1999 Fantastic!!!
Date posted: 04-May-2006 11:21 by: Jane
October 2005 Best dive site i have visited! Fantastics underwater scenery. Unmissable!
Date posted: 09-Jul-2005 18:46 by: James
December 2004 So much to see, large schools of fish moa moa, kingfish, in the summer there are more stingray around, you can also find smaller things naudibranch, crayfish/lobster, moray, jeweled anemone good for a all levels, a few charters to choose from.
Date posted: 02-Jun-2005 11:16 by: tom


Wreck Dives:

Here are the wreck dives we know of for Poor Knights.

HMNZS Tui
Formerly a US Navy ship, was designed for hydrological survey and submarine hunting spy work and protected New Zealands anti nuclear protest fleet at Mururua. 62 metres long she now lies in 30 metres of water just 2km north of Tutukaka Heads
20m / 66ft
30m / 98ft
Deliberately sunk: 01-Feb-1999 Wreck penetration is possible. Technical or decompression diving. More info...

HMNZS Waikato
HMNZS Waikato, a Leander class frigate, complete with guns and helicopter hanger. 113 metres long she now lies in 28 metres of water just 2km south of Tutukaka Heads
18m / 59ft
28m / 92ft
Deliberately sunk: 01-Nov-2000 Wreck penetration is possible. Technical or decompression diving. More info...