New Zealand is known for its wilderness areas on land but it is also home to 36 marine reserves and a spectacular array of dive sites. With accessible coastlines and hundreds of offshore islands, there are opportunities to dive wrecks, subtropical reefs, explore arches and dive within kelp forests, to name but a few. It is also possible to dive with rays and sharks, given that 26 species of ray and 113 species of shark have been recorded in New Zealand waters. There is something suitable for all dive preferences and abilities and here are our top picks of diving the North Island.
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- Bermuda’s Hyperbaric Chamber Closed Amid Staff Shortage: A Growing Concern for Diver Safety
- Diver Bitten While Freeing Entangled Shark off Hawai‘i Island
- 7,000-Year-Old Underwater Wall Discovered Off the Coast of France
- Inquest Confirms Diver’s Death Off Donegal Coast Was Caused by Heart Attack, Not Dive Malfunction
- How Wrecks Become Ecosystems: The Biology of Decay
