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| Rarotonga |  
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Description:
Rarotonga is a lush, beautiful place, fringed with beaches and crowned with mountains at its centre. | |
| Details: |
 Nearest commercial airport: Nikao, Rarotonga |
| Average watertemp: Min 25 - Max 30 oCelcius. |
| Average visibility: 25 Horizontal metres |
| Bottom composition: Sand, Corals, Rocks, Vulcanic |
| Dive conditions: Ocean/Sea, Salt water |
| Seasonality: Diving is all year round |
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Marinelife in the area:
| Species | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | | | Coastal fish & Reef Life |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Rarotonga offers a large selection of Reef fish both on the outer reef and in in the surrounding lagoon.
| | | Eagle rays |  | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | The spotted eagle ray is the only ray to be found around Rarotonga
| | | Great Hammerhead sharks |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The hammerheads are seen predominately on the east, south and west sides of the island. They mainly swim around by themselves, but will occassionally swim in schools. Around 40 hammerheads have been seen in one school. While diving they will normally approach the divers, swim around them once before... (More)
| | | Green turtles |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Some of the most amazing close encounters with turtles I have ever experienced. They never seem particularly bothered by human scuba divers!
| | | Grey reef sharks | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Grey reef sharks can be found in schools at dive sites on the southern side of Rarotonga. It is the main schooling shark here and no we do not feed them, it is all a natural show.
| | | Humpback whales | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Cook Island Divers is in constant contact with the Whale Research, Cook Islands - finding out where the whales are, spotting the whales, retrieving DNA samples, etc. 2003 season saw over 150 different Humpbacks come through Rarotongan waters.
| | | Moray eels | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Rarotonga has around 6 different types of morays with some of the biggest Giant Morays to be seen anywhere.
| | Probability of encounter:  0%,  0 > 60%,  60 > 90%,  90 > 100%
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