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Full-Day Dive Trip

Available on 14 Jan

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Pricing

Key info

  • 1 day (approx.)
  • Incl. 2 dives
  • Dive site(s) determined on the dive day
  • English
  • Max. 8 divers / guide
  • Meet at the dive center
  • Free Cancellation - 24hrs notice
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Highlights

Let us show you the Mercury Bay and its many offshore islands and underwater world. We run daily trips to the great dive spots right on our door step including Mercury Islands, Alderman Islands, Cathedral Cove and its Marine Reserve.

  • Discover our stunning underwater forests
  • See many and varied schools of fish life
  • Encounter occasional seals or dolphins
  • Check out our favourite dinner delight - NZ red crayfish
  • Photograph nudibranchs, triple fins and blennies

Dive center

Dive Zone Whitianga

PADI 5 Star Dive Center

Darrell Bird came over the Coromandel Range back in 2004 and discovered this stunning coastal town of Whitianga with its many outstanding dive sites and opened his store in October of that year.

Darrell's vision and constant drive is always ensuring that he provides quality brands of equipment and operates a safe and fun based adventure tourism business. We are fortunate to have passionate crew of Dive Instructors at Dive Zone Whitianga who teach from Discover Scuba through to Instructor ratings.

We have a full service workshop where you can get your tanks serviced and tested, servicing of BCD's and Regs etc. Our retail store is full of quality products and we are able to put together great package deals.

Our dive boats take you to many and varied dive sites including Mercury Islands, Aldermen Islands, Cathedral Cove and the Te Whanganui A Hei Marine Reserve.

PADI 5 Star CDC Wi-Fi (FREE) Dive shop 6 PADI Instructors Max. 4.0 divers / guide

Address: 13371 Km from your location
10 Campbell St, Whitianga, No State, 3510, New Zealand

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Package description

Inclusive of

  • Scuba equipment rental (full set)
  • Surface interval refreshments
  • Weights/Weight Belt/Tank(s)

Requirements

  • Minimum age: 12+
  • Min. certification: Open Water Certification required
  • Min logged dives: None
  • Need to be able to understand English. Will need to advise of last dive and whether dived in sub-tropical conditions before so we can assess customers needs.

What to expect

Arrive at 8.30 am to sort gear and then it's a short wander to our main vessel "Mystery Machine".  Head out over our safe harbour entrance and enjoy the stunning coastal scenery as we head out to our dive sites choice of the day. 

Drop into the ocean and discover all the magic of the underwater world - its rocky and boulder structures with loads of nooks and crevices, beautiful kelp forests and abundant sea life.

You bring your own lunch. We provide thermos style tea/coffee/soups. We have a toilet on board and Mystery Machine has plenty of cover from our intense NZ sun.

We aim to complete 2 dives before heading back into the marina around 3pm.  We head back to Dive Zone Whitianga store to clean up, update any log books and enjoy a chat about our day with a hot coffee.

Other Information

Confirmation

  • We’ll send you a final Booking Confirmation Email on average within 24 hours. We advise you to not make any other travel arrangements before that
  • In the event that you do not receive an email from us, please check your Spam folder or notify us via email

Meet at the dive center

You can't miss us - we are on the main road into the town centre and right behind the Z station.

Address: 10 Campbell St, Whitianga, No State, 3510, New Zealand

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Cancellation policy

  • Full refunds will be issued for cancellations made at least 24 hours prior to the activity
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