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Underwater Photo Location: Poor Knights Islands

Underwater Photo Location: Poor Knights Islands

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World class temperate diving! Absolutely in the world's top ten!
Facts about Poor Knights Islands
  • It is in New Zealand
  • Poor Knights Islands is in the Pacific.
  • The typical visibility is 10-30 Metres 30-100 Feet.
Dive types
dayboatcavewall

Marine Life
bigsmallwhalesdolphinsshoals

Diving facilities
friendly

Photo facilities
macrowideangle

by Richard Harris
Eel Study. Two morays pose for my buddy at the Poor Knights Islands, New Zealand.

by Richard Harris
Photographers. Divers swimming into a sea cave in the Poor Knights Islands, New Zealand.

by Richard Harris
Waiting for a ride. Diver waits for the boat after enjoying the Poor Knights Islands.

by Catherine Marshall
Poor Knights Islands, New Zealand. Taken while snorkelling at the end of a dive, Canon Ixus 90IS.

by Andrew Van Der Voort
Tamja Verconis at Magic Wall, Poor Knights Islands. I liked the way he appeared to be popping out from concealment

by Andrew Van Der Voort
Jason Mirabillis at Barren Arch, Poor Knights Islands. I presume the colour of the nudibranch is from the food they eat. This one's pretty in pink! Canon A710, Inon D2000

by Andrew Van Der Voort
I can't decide whether I prefer this or the previous Tamja. This shows the relationship between the feeding and the colour of the animal better, and he's sitting up nicely (in between surges!). Canon A710, Inon D2000

by Pete Devereux
Blue Maumau circling a pinnacle within Riko Riko cave, Poor Knight Islands

by Tobias Friedrich
Two nudibrachnes mating.

by Stefan Follows
Lunacy.....! Moon Jellyfish - Aurelia aurita. New Zealand, Poor Knights. G10-250-f5.6-iso100-Internal Flash

by Simone Matucci
I took this picture at Blue MaoMao Arch, a popular dive site at Poor Knights Islands; That day thousands of blue maomao created an amazing tornado around the freediver. Such an incredible moment.
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