Top Snorkeling and Scuba Diving in Canterbury
Ready to check out the best sites in Canterbury for scuba diving, snorkeling, shore diving, free diving or other ocean activities? Zentacle has 6 dive sites, snorkel spots, beaches, and more. Discover hand-curated maps, along with reviews and photos from nature lovers like you.
No matter what you're looking for, you can find a diverse range of the best ocean activities in Canterbury to suit your needs.
#1 - Motunau - plateau
New Zealand, SI, Canterbury
Plateau up from 25m to 21m. Lots of crayfish and some blue cods. Visibility can be very low (<1m).
Hard spot to find if you do not know it. A bit more than 30 min from Motunau beach.
#2 - Te Ruahine Point
New Zealand, SI, Canterbury
Exposed if the wind is from the east and a swell is running. Patches of reef. Butterfish, wrasses, nudibranchs and Hector's dolphins!
Entrance to Akaroa Harbour near Christchurch
#3 - Bushett Shoals
New Zealand, SI, Canterbury
This is Kaikoura's best dive site!
20 miles down the coast from Kaikoura.
#4 - Barneys' Rock
New Zealand, SI, Canterbury
seal colony
A few kilometres south of Kaikoura (just south of Peketa)
#6 - Flea Bay
New Zealand, SI, Canterbury
Established in 1999 the reserve cover 215ha east of entrance to Akaroa Harbour. Very exposed coast with boulders, rock stacks, steep cliffs, kelp forests and cold temperate reef fish.
Blue penguins can appear at dusk and Hector's dolphins common in summer.
(www.divenewzealand.com)
Entrance to Akaroa Harbour near Christchurch
Flea Bay is also known as Pohatu Marine Reserve.