wagon rental for the drive from Auckland to Whangarei (north)
auckland bridge!
on the road to whangarei
Ngunguru (close to Tutukaka Bay, where our boat was)
Our catamaran! The Pacific Hideaway
First meeting spot at the “Schnappa Rock”
On our way from Tutukaka Bay to the Poor Knights' Islands!
mainland north island, NZ, in the background!
Mark, the skipper, owner of the boat, master chef, and diver extraordinaire
Denise's (Mark's wife) Parrot Nemo!
The Pinnacles and SugarLoaf rocks
Poor Knights Islands comin' right up!
scubaaaaa
First stingray sighting!
kevin's blowing bubbles and photographing
inside our first cave called Riko Riko (looking straight up)
jalil sillouhette
derrick sillouhette
Our dive instructors who trained us to become Advanced Open Water Divers! Lisa and Derek
Lamb Shanks for dinner prepared by our lovely boat owners Denise and Mark
So long, Riko Riko Cave!
Middle Arch
bluuuuue cleeear water
naptime
LIsa's mega camera
gearing up!
Lori and Caleb gearing up
yellow Moray Eel
Kevin
Kevin after a dive (for Haejin)
can you find the grey moray eel?
Lori's happy
entertaining ourselves between dives
moray eel on our night dive
Ngaio Rock
Grey Moray Eel
Kevin the photographer
Nudibranch (clown) - little tiny sea slugs on the ”Magic Wall“ dive site
crazy glowing sea urchin
“What are you lookin at?”
scorpion fish! natural camouflage
family of clown nudibranchs
nudibranch riding a leaf
coral
snapper vs. kevin
one of the southern arches we went under
Denise
sharp looking sea urchin
inside blue mao mao arch (like a cave)
Yvonne and Caleb
exiting the arch tunnel
giant school of little fishes: Desmoiselles
this guy almost swam into my camera
Red Moki
eagle stingray
eagle ray and glen
two Boarfish
Boarfish closeup
short-tailed stingray's barbs!!
A-Okay Jalil
1 blue mao mao
jalil, the seaweed hugger
Scorpion Fish
fish galore!!!
Kevin, me and jalil - i forgot to hold my breath when Brady took our picture!
another blue mao mao
sunset underwater
Serpent Rock
watch out, Brady!
kevin and more Desmoiselles
nudibranch eggs
scorpion fish on the sandy bottom
a baby kingfish heading our way
cya!
Leatherjackets
Black Angelfish
clown nudibranchs
another!
daisy anenomes
lots of sediment in front of this marble fish hiding in the rocks!
two morays hiding in a small cave with a sea urchin
sea urchin + a sea shell by the sea shore?
even more desmoiselles
lots of clown nudis
a Tambja Affinis nudibranch!
finger sponge
moray eel zipping by
'nother scorpion
sponge
jalil looking at something
John Dory! weird lookin guy
another grey moray eel
starfish!
freaking mosquito (dead)
a successful scuba diving trip at Poor Knights Islands!
Pete the old first mate, I would say, on the ship with some wise words on our last night in Tutukaka Bay
someone caught a marlin (not at Poor Knights)
