Paihia Dive in the Bay of Islands is the Far North of New Zealand's premier dive centre and it is our great pleasure to show you all the underwater wonders of this beautiful part of NZ.
We offer trips to the spectacular Rainbow Warrior - the jewel of the north aboard fully equiped dive RHIB 'Aka Maru', which takes only 5-10 minutes from the shore to reach the dive site.
Whether you want to explore the wonders of the underwater world for the first time or you want to launch an exciting career in the dive industry, we will help you realise those dreams. This is arguably the best diving in New Zealand!
We are the Bay of Islands' only PADI 5 Star Dive Centre. With one shop, two boats and two epic shipwrecks... why dive with anyone else?
Check out this video footage of diving The Rainbow Warrior with us.
Dive The HMS Canterbury
The Bay of Islands' first artificial reef was 'born' when the former Navy frigate F421, HMNZS Canterbury, was scuttled in Deep Water Cove. The hull has since become a popular feature of the Northland Dive Trail, which consists of a string of wrecks from Tutukaka to Matauri Bay, and continues to have beneficial social and economic consequences for the region. As a reef, it has helped boost flagging inshore fish stocks. Read more on The Canterbury...
Dive the Rainbow Warrior
The Rainbow Warrior was Greenpeace's flagship on its way to protest France's nuclear testing on the Mururoa Atoll when it was sunk by French saboteurs on July 10, 1985, in Auckland Harbour. Three years after the bombing Greenpeace gifted the Warrior to the sea and she now lies as an artificial reef in the Cavalli Island's, a refuge for the marine life she was trying to protect... Read more on the Rainbow Warrior...
