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Rainbow Warrior Dive Day...

We start the dive day at 7:45am at our dive shop on Williams rd. We organize equipment and paper work, and load our mini bus and trailer for a 8:30am departure. We drive 45 minutes north to Matauri Bay were we launch our 7.5m inflatable boat from the beach.  Once at Matauri Bay we set up scuba gear, put wet suits on, and do the safety briefing.  Launching the boat is lots of fun from the beach and makes it a very short boat ride of 8 minutes to the wreck of the Rainbow Warrior.

After the wreck dive we head to one of the beautiful beaches on the Cavalli Islands for some lunch/snorkeling, and if we have any reef/DSD divers on board they do their first dive.

After lunch we then head to one of the many great reef dive sites in the Cavalli Islands. This is normally an 18m or less dive exploring the volcanic reef areas. We have plenty of swim throughs, tunnels and caves, so if you are keen on this let us know!

Once all the diving is done we head back to Matauri Bay, arriving at about 2:30pm and back to Paihia around 4:00pm. Arrival at Paihia can vary depending on how busy the boat is and if customers require to be back for a bus. If you are catching a bus in the afternoon, please let us know!

Please Bring...

Please bring your swimsuit, towel, sun block, camera, and something warm to wear after diving. You are welcome to bring your own lunch, or we are happy to provide a packed lunch for $12.00. Just let us know if you would like the meat or vegetarian option.

Note:  The Rainbow Warrior lies in water deeper than 18m/60ft. As such, any Open Water divers who wish to dive the wreck must do so in conjunction with a PADI Deep Adventure Dive (which will contribute to their Advanced Open Water certification). This costs an additional $50. You must be a certified diver to dive the wreck.You must be a certified diver to dive the wreck.

Vaccination
Policy-COVID-19 Protection Framework- Red

Tourism
activities have been mandated as part of the restrictions on Entertainment,
recreation, and exercise businesses and services. This means vaccination is
required for all workers in these businesses.

• Our business may operate.


• Limit is either based on 1m
  distancing (if in a defined space) or 100 people (whichever is the lesser)
  per defined space.


• Face coverings are encouraged.


• You must sight all customers’ My
  Vaccine Passes, and it is strongly recommended you verify.

As of the
3rd of December, we will be required to site all customers vaccination passes
who wish to come diving, snorkelling or onto our boats for any activity. We
will also be required to see passes for anyone that is undertaking Dive/Freedive
courses with Paihia Dive.

This does
not affect our retail space, you are still able to shop at Paihia Dive without
a pass, but if you wish to come diving then you will need to get your vaccine
pass sorted.

All staff at
Paihia Dive are fully vaccinated for yours and our protection. We will continue
all other protocols required to keep you safe while diving with us.