Island Bay is one of New Zealand’s top dive sites, located in the middle of the capital city, Wellington. It’s rocky coastline, bordering the deep clear waters of Cook Strait, provides a habitat for a wide variety of fish species.
Island Bay is the centre of Wellington’s Taputeranga Marine Reserve. The reserve extends for 5 km from Princess Bay and ends just past the Te Kopahou Visitor Centre. Wellington also has the only snorkel trail in a major city. This is one of only three trails in NZ. Island Bay Divers put up the proposal for this reserve to DoC in 1989. 20 years later when the reserve was announced we were asked to choose the site and install its snorkel trail.
If 7/8ths of the Planet Earth is underwater, you haven’t seen the world until you’ve completed a dive course. Scuba and snorkel courses are scheduled every month. Join us in the silent world 15 minutes from Wellington’s centre.
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