The Poor Knights Islands Scuba Diving Liveaboard

Scuba Diving with Oceanblue Adventures on a Poor Knights Islands diving liveaboard charter, divers will enjoy the pick of the early morning sites and night diving on the Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve. Dive Poor Knights Islands and dive New Zealand's famous marine reserve. Enjoy the stunning scenery both underwater and at the surface in a relaxing atmosphere. MV Mazurka and her crew will be mooring at some of the best dive sites that The Poor Knights Islands, New Zealand, Northland and Tutukaka Marina have to offer. Whether you are an individual or a group we can arrange an itinerary to suit your needs.

New Zealand's Poor Knights Islands

Ten million years ago a series of violent eruptions created a large land mass off New Zealand’s north east coast. Constant erosion by wind and wave action, combined with glacial and interglacial sea level changes have created the stunningly dramatic and beautiful cluster of islands and rock stacks that we know as the Poor Knights. Separated from mainland New Zealand for two million years, these densely forested islands are home to some of the country’s most endangered native wildlife.

Dive The Poor Knights

Sheer cliffs plunge into a marine environment that is as unique as the islands themselves. Marine life abounds within the protected waters of the marine reserve. Dense kelp forests, sand channels, vertical walls, giant sea caves, archways and underwater caverns create vastly different habitats within a small area, providing a niche for more species of fish and invertebrates than can be found anywhere else in New Zealand coastal waters. Add to this a subtropical current that carries marine life from tropical waters, visibility that ranges from 20 to 40 metres for most of the year and you have all the ingredients for some of the best diving and snorkeling to be found anywhere in the world.