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| Whangarei/Tutukaka |  
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Description:
Base for Dive Charter boats servicing Poor Knights Marine reserve, 25Km from Tutukaka marina | |
| Details: |
 Nearest commercial airport: Whangarei local; 35 minutes. Auckland International 3 hours |
| Average watertemp: Min 15 - Max 20 oCelcius. |
| Average visibility: 25 Horizontal metres |
| Bottom composition: Sand, Rocks, Vegetation |
| Dive conditions: Ocean/Sea, Salt water |
| Seasonality: Year Round but NZ Summer is best, December through March
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Marinelife in the area:
| Species | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | | | Bottlenose Dolphins |  | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | sightings common, but interaction with divers are rare.
| | | Brydes whales |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | occasional sightings
| | | Eagle rays | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | seen most dives
| | | Long-Beaked Common Dolphins | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | sightings common, interactions with divers rare
| | | Long-finned pilot whales (dolphins) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | sightings rare
| | | Pelagic fish |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | seen every dive
| | | Sea lions and fur seals | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | NZ Fur Seals, common sunbathing, rare interaction with divers
| | | Stingrays |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Two species seen most dives, congregate in archways in summer prior to mating.
| | Probability of encounter:  0%,  0 > 60%,  60 > 90%,  90 > 100%
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