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  • Nº28 # Date: 2001-12-24 - 10:55
  • # Max Depth: 16m Duration: 55mins
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Twenty three kilometres off New Zealand’s Tutukaka Coast and washed by warm currents swept South from the Coral Sea, the Poor Knights Islands are an international icon.

A total Marine Reserve and Nature Reserve - and pending World Heritage Site - the 11 million year old Islands’ volcanic origins provide myriad spectacular drop offs, walls, caves, arches and tunnels.

Above and below water, the Islands are abundantly populated with unique and incredibly varied plant, animal and fish life.

Laying claim to an astounding Maori history and the world’s largest sea cave (and only living dinosaur and largest insect) the remarkable Poor Knights thoroughly deserve their protected status.

Magic Wall rises from the sand in 30m up to 5m. Stingrays and Porae sit in the sand,Nudibranchs and Bryzoans cover the wall. Follow the ridge over some small bay like areas and end up at Ngaio Rock. The rock is covered in cracks and holes and on the seaward side huge Snapper hover in the shallows looking out into the blue. Max Depth 40m

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