Kauri Mountain Awarua Rocks

A 30 Minute drive from Dive Now if you are doing a shore dive down Kauri Mountain Road. For boats, launch from Whangarei Harbour, Pautua or Tutukaka.

Marine life at this site

A typical New Zealand kelpy rocky shore dive with lots of encrusting life. Triplefin blennies, Wrasse, Moki, Snapper and crayfish are the common sightings.

Based on open species observationswithin ~25 km — likely to see, not necessarily confirmed at the site itself.

Short-tail Stingray

Bathytoshia brevicaudata1 obs.

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Krebsdyr

Petrolisthes elongatus1 obs.

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Skallus

Eudoxochiton nobilis1 obs.

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Musling

Zemysia zelandica1 obs.

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Søpung

Asterocarpa coerulea1 obs.

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Green Sea Turtle

Chelonia mydas1 obs.

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Søpindsvin

Evechinus chloroticus1 obs.

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Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Tornatellides subperforatus1 obs.