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By Paihia Dive
Free cancellation available
Price is NZ$240 per adult
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 8h 15m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation

Overview

  • The Rainbow Warrior is one of the world's premier wreck dives and a piece of New Zealand history. Diving the Bay of Islands since 1978, Paihia Dive gets you there with a scenic drive, a fun beach launch and just an 8-minute boat ride. Open Water divers are welcome with an instructor, solo bookings are fine, and all gear is included.

Activity location

  • Matauri Bay Beach
    • 1749 Matauri Bay Road
    • 0478, Matauri Bay, Northland Region, New Zealand

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Paihia Dive
    • 35 Williams Road
    • 0247, Paihia, Northland Region, New Zealand

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Snorkelling or Non Divers

  • Activity duration is 8 hours and 15 minutes8h 15m
    8h 15m
  • English

For snorkelling or passengers

Language options: English
Starting time: 7:45 AM
Price details
NZ$240.00 x 1 AdultNZ$240.00
Total
Price is NZ$240.00
Until Thu, 29 Oct

Snorkellers with lunch

  • Activity duration is 8 hours and 15 minutes8h 15m
    8h 15m
  • English

With lunch included
Snorkelling or boat ride only

Language options: English
Starting time: 7:45 AM
Price details
NZ$257.00 x 1 AdultNZ$257.00
Total
Price is NZ$257.00
Until Thu, 29 Oct

Advanced Divers or above

  • Activity duration is 8 hours and 15 minutes8h 15m
    8h 15m
  • English
Language options: English
Starting time: 7:45 AM
Price details
NZ$369.00 x 1 AdultNZ$369.00
Total
Price is NZ$369.00
Until Thu, 29 Oct

Advanced Divers inc Lunch

  • Activity duration is 8 hours and 15 minutes8h 15m
    8h 15m
  • English

With lunch included

Language options: English
Starting time: 7:45 AM
Price details
NZ$386.00 x 1 AdultNZ$386.00
Total
Price is NZ$386.00
Until Thu, 29 Oct

Open Water Divers

  • Activity duration is 8 hours and 15 minutes8h 15m
    8h 15m
  • English

SSI Deep Adventure Dive: For Open Water Divers we dive the wreck as A Deep Adventure Dive with an instructor. We can then take you deeper than 18m.

Language options: English
Starting time: 7:45 AM
Price details
NZ$419.00 x 1 AdultNZ$419.00
Total
Price is NZ$419.00
Until Thu, 29 Oct

Open Water Divers Inc Lunch

  • Activity duration is 8 hours and 15 minutes8h 15m
    8h 15m
  • English

SSI Deep Adventure Dive: For Open Water certified divers. The wreck sits deeper than 18m, so you dive it with one of our instructors as an SSI Deep Ad
With lunch included

Language options: English
Starting time: 7:45 AM
Price details
NZ$436.00 x 1 AdultNZ$436.00
Total
Price is NZ$436.00
Until Thu, 29 Oct

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Full scuba set: tanks, weights, regulator, BC, wetsuit with hood, mask, snorkel, fins and boots
  • Inclusions
    Two boat dives: Rainbow Warrior wreck and a Cavalli Islands reef, with SSI dive professionals
  • Inclusions
    Return van transfer from our Paihia shop to Matauri Bay (45 minutes each way)
  • Exclusions
    Bring your own, or choose the Lunch option when you book for a packed lunch (meat or vegetarian)

Know before you book

    • Public transport options are available nearby
    • Not recommended for travellers with spinal injuries
    • Not recommended for pregnant travellers
    • Not recommended for travellers with poor cardiovascular health
    • Travellers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
    • Certified divers only. All divers complete a dive medical questionnaire and may need a doctor's sign-off
    • No toilet on the boat: facilities at Matauri Bay campground and a DOC hut on Motukawanui Island

Activity itinerary

Dive one of the world's most famous wrecks. The Rainbow Warrior was Greenpeace's flagship, sunk by French agents in Auckland Harbour in 1985 and later laid to rest in the Cavalli Islands as an artificial reef. At a maximum depth of 26m, she is now home to a huge variety of marine life. We drive 45 minutes north from Paihia to Matauri Bay, launch our 7.5m RIB Aka Maru from the beach, and it's just an 8-minute ride to the wreck. After the wreck dive we stop on a Cavalli Islands beach for lunch and snorkelling, then do a second dive on the volcanic reefs, normally 18m or shallower, with swim-throughs, tunnels and caves. Back at Matauri Bay about 2:30pm and Paihia around 4:00pm. Advanced divers dive the wreck with the group (dived in the last 18 months). Open Water divers dive it with an instructor as an SSI Deep Adventure Dive (dived in the last 12 months). All scuba gear is included.

Location

Activity location

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    Matauri Bay Beach
    • 1749 Matauri Bay Road
    • 0478, Matauri Bay, Northland Region, New Zealand

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    Paihia Dive
    • 35 Williams Road
    • 0247, Paihia, Northland Region, New Zealand

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