Have you ever wanted to get up close with a shipwreck? Now’s your chance! Your Dive! Tutukaka shipwreck adventure includes detailed onshore briefings, transport via their purpose-built high-speed wreck diving boat and the assistance of highly trained dive masters. The wreck trips run three times a day. The first trip is at 8.30 to the Tui and then they return to shore for their surface interval, before diving the Waikato at 11.30am. There is a third trip to the Waikato that runs at 2.30pm. Choose the dive that suits you best. They need two people with full gear to run a trip or four with their own equipment.

What if I’ve never dived before?

You should learn the basics of diving before diving the wrecks. Dive! Tutukaka offer classes in diving. It’s a perfect opportunity to get started or to improve your diving skills.

Both the wrecks are deep dives, with minimum dive guidelines. They require you to have 15 logged dives for the Waikato and 35 logged (with an Advanced Certificate) for the Tui. You must have dived in the last six months. If you have less dives, you can still dive the Waikato – they run special Adventure Dives with an Instructor (which count towards an Advanced certification). The HMNZS Tui and HMNZS Waikato are large navy vessels specifically prepared for adventure diving before being sunk at diver friendly depths. Purpose cut access and exit points allow exploration of guns, bridges, control areas, helicopter hangar, engine rooms, cabins and crew areas.

  • Tui Dive – 8:30am
  • Waikato Dive (First) – 11:30am
  • Waikato Dive (Second) – 2:30pm

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