Diving at Poor Nights

Our first early start this morning. Down at the boat at 9am and a rather choppy ride out to the islands. I was dreading entering the water this time of year but with a 7mm wetsuit it was fine and I could have happily spent most of the day in the sea. The view was stunning. No mater how large your big screen TV, no amount of watching Nation Geographic can prepare you for actually being there among hundreds of fish darting and diving or just hovering in the ocean currents sheltering in the underwater caves sheltering from the gannets diving from the cliffs above. It was one of my most memorable days ever and i can still close my eyes and see the fish swarming around me.

Tutukaka

Left Waipu Cove and drove north to Tutukaka. Here we plan to go out to the Poor Nights Islands, 'the best sub-tropical diving in the world'. We found a delightful camping ground at the outer edge of the township. Nestled on the edge of town with one side a working farm. As usual this time of year there were few other campers so we had the place to ourselves.

We booked our trip to the poor Nights for tomrrow. We chose to snorkle rather than dive as I don't have a diving cert yet (but after seeing what was there I will be getting one).