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Landing Bay Poor Knights

Landing Bay at the Poor Knights, for us, is all about the afternoon light. We’ve done it in the morning, and it’s fine, but wait for that sun to spill over the cliffs. It transforms the place. The slope drops pretty steeply, sure, but the magic here, we think, is really between 5 and 15 metres. That’s where you’ll see the schools of blue maomao and pink maomao, thick enough to make you feel like you're swimming through a living curtain. We’ve seen kingfish here, too, slicing through the shoals, and occasionally a bronze whaler just gliding by, giving you that proper Poor Knights shiver. Keep an eye out for the smaller stuff though; crested blennies are always amusing to watch, and the vibrant colours of eastern king wrasse really pop in that afternoon glow. Visibility is usually a comfortable 20-25m, so you get a good sense of the scale of the place. It's a dive that rewards slowing down and soaking it all in, perfect for those who appreciate the interplay of light and marine life.