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Underwater Photo Location: Middle Channel, Poor Knights

Underwater Photo Location: Middle Channel, Poor Knights

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A simple to and fro wall dive, from point to point on the wall. Nice clumps of Anemones and Solitary Hard Corals. Sea Temp 19c (Jan 2008)

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Marine life observed: Nudibranchs ( Morose Tambja, Variable Nudibranch), Banded Triplefin, Common Anemone, Solitary Hard Coral, Leatherjackets, Urchins and Crested Blenny.
Facts about Middle Channel, Poor Knights
  • It is in New Zealand
  • Middle Channel, Poor Knights is in the Pacific.
  • The typical depth is 0-30 Metres 0-100 Feet.
  • The typical visibility is 10-30 Metres 30-100 Feet.
Dive types
dayboatwall

Marine Life
smallcoralkelp


Photo facilities
macro

by Brian Mayes
Common Anemone (Actinothoe albocincta)<><><><>Canon G9, "Middle Channel", Poor Knights

by Brian Mayes
Crested Blenny (Parablennius lacticlavius)<><><><>Canon G9, Inon UCL-165, Poor Knights, NZ
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