Thread: Anybody dived the Kaipara Harbour?

Good on ya Phillip.

Could set a cray pot at the spot to see if theres anything there before risking a dive?

Id be comfortable diving solo as with the low viz your dive buddy might not see if your in any trouble - just dive at slack tide, stay shallow and dont swim in any dodgy holes and youll be sweet

I go out there quite often, never thought of diving though! props to ya if you do. Wicked current, I've seen some big sharks (who hasn't) we slept on rat island for a couple and attempted searching for some spots, but got caught up in the fishing. Bloody awesome out there, caught all kinds of the "best" fish out there!

Well I got delayed a month or two but managed to get out there on Boxing Day.

1 metre vis, lots of sediment and a heap of crayfish, all under size bar one which was soft. Came across heaps of nest with 20+ crayfish in and quite hard to get at. It was just off Tinopai so it was a fair way in the harbour and a bit of a breeding ground I imagine. I was diving 30min either side of low tide and had no trouble with the current, was only in 3m of water to.

On the plus side I got a catchbag full of greenlipped mussels while looking for the crays and did a run to the scolly beds to.

If anyone knows of some good terrain not so far up the harbour I'll have a look, as for now I'm going to stick to the east coast, much nicer.

Good to hear you didn't get shat out of a shark

Leigh by the sea

Hi mate, are you still diving Kiapara?? Keen to join you if you want a dive bud...