HMNZS Canterbury - Bay of Islands

Nearby Dive Sites in Bay of Islands

• 3 ways (reef)
• 3 ways (reef)
• Big Eyes Lair (cave)
• Big Eyes Lair (reef)
• Bird Rock (reef)
• Bird Rock (drift)
• Blue Maomao Arch (Bay of Islands) (reef)
• Blue Maomao Arch (Bay of Islands) (reef)
• Boulder Garden (reef)
• Boulder Garden (reef)
• Bowling Alley (reef)
• Bowling Alley (drift)
• Cathedral Cave (cave)
• Cooks Cove (reef)
• Danger Rock (reef)

Nearest Dive Centres to HMNZS Canterbury

• Dive Zone
• NORTHLAND DIVE
• Paihia Dive - SSI

Marine Life in Bay of Islands

Home to 172 recorded species including 100 reef fish, 22 sharks & rays, 11 whales & dolphins, 10 other, 6 crabs & lobsters, 4 seagrass & algae.

Notable Species

• Snapper (Pagrus auratus) - Reef Fish
• Red Rock Lobster (Jasus edwardsii) - Crabs & Lobsters
• Striped Marlin (Kajikia audax) - Reef Fish
• California Yellowtail (Seriola lalandi) - Reef Fish
• Shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus) - Sharks & Rays
• European fan-worm (Sabella spallanzanii) - Worms
• Asian paddle crab (Charybdis (Charybdis) japonica) - Crabs & Lobsters
• Bluefin Gurnard (Chelidonichthys kumu) - Reef Fish
• dory (Zeus faber) - Reef Fish
• Blue-eyed Triplefin (Notoclinops segmentatus) - Reef Fish
• Oblique-swimming Triplefin (Forsterygion maryannae) - Reef Fish
• Striped Triplefin (Forsterygion varium) - Reef Fish
• Spotty (Notolabrus celidotus) - Reef Fish
• Ranger (Pseudocaranx dentex) - Reef Fish
• Species code: Zc (Zostera muelleri) - Seagrass & Algae
• Blue Shark (Prionace glauca) - Sharks & Rays
• banded morwong (Chirodactylus spectabilis) - Reef Fish
• Southern Eagle Ray (Myliobatis tenuicaudatus) - Sharks & Rays
• Crested Blenny (Parablennius laticlavius) - Reef Fish
• Eastern king wrasse (Coris sandeyeri) - Reef Fish