Muddy Mahurangi Harbour Again

30/5/2017 (620) I went for my usual shallow dive in the harbour. I was curious how the pests (the fan worm and the club tunicate) were spreading. I also wanted to finish my half-full tank. I didn’t have enough air for a regular dive, but could spend almost a hour on it examining the shallow […]

Winter is Back

2/5/2017 (619) The title says “winter is back”, but I do not mean it. It’s still quite warm both above and below water. What I mean is water is too cold for most swimmers and snorkelers. The result is the crowds disappeared from the water, fish are not nervous any more, it’s not necessary to […]

Murky Pink Beach Reef

21/4/2017 (618) It was a long swim over the areas where flat rocky platforms mix with sand. It was also a swim in quite a murky water. Actually I don’t remember such a dirty water at Goat Island. Once I got to the deeper water with kelp forest, the visibility improved, but not much. And […]

Black Rocks in Milford

22/3/2017 (617) Perhaps I should not tell anybody about this dive. I tried a spot in the urban area of Milford. The beach is lovely there, but the visibility is usually close to nothing, the bottom is quite flat, silty and it’s shallow. The weather was great, it was calm and right before the high […]

Mahurangi Harbour After Stormy Weather

18/3/2017 (616) I went to Mahurangi Harbour to see the results of the stormy weather and floods from a week ago. I dive in the harbour mostly for nostalgic reasons, but also for surprises. On a good day there can be plenty of usual nudibranches, sea hares there; I saw seahorses, rare nudibranches and a […]

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