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Paihia Dive
HQ is the Bay of Islands only specialist dive charter and rental
shop. We are Experts at taking divers to the Bay of Islands and
Rainbow Warrior safely but with a sense of adventure
- Also Paihia's
premier fishing tackle shop with a huge range of fishing equipment
suitable for beginners to expert game fishermen.
Paihia Dive
HQ is the far north's premier dive shop and it's our great pleasure
to show you all the wonders of this beautiful part of Aotearoa New
Zealand.
We offer trips
to the spectacular Rainbow Warrior - jewel of the north - aboard
our boat which only takes 10 minutes to reach the dive site. Whether
you want to explore and enjoy 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 with our experienced
instructors offering quality P.A.D.I courses.
We also have
great in store deals on quality dive gear, Kayaks, fishing and surfing
gear.
Dive the Rainbow Warrior, one of New Zealand’s premiere
wreck dives;
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 group, a refuge
for the marine life she was sunk trying to protect.
At a max depth
of 27m the Warrior is now home to a huge variety of aquatic life
and is a world renowned dive site.
HMNZS
Canterbury
Former HMNZS Canterbury lies in Deepwater cove at the entrance to
the Bay of Islands. 114 meters long she lies in one of the most
stunning and sheltered locations in the Bay. Accessible almost every
day,a trip to Deepwater Cove will take you through the heart of
the Bay of Islands. Kelly Weeds (Owner) spend hundreds of hours
purchasing and helping to sink the Canterbury. Paihia Dive HQ is
an official operator on a Canterbury trip.
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