Step aboard M.Y. Beluga, our 35 metre explorer-style yacht

Day 1: Auckland to Great Barrier Island
Cruise across the Hauraki Gulf to Great Barrier Island. Settle in, meet the crew for a dive briefing and enjoy a relaxed first evening at anchor in one of the island’s sheltered western harbours.

Day 2: Great Barrier Island to the Bay of Islands
Start the day with a dive among Great Barrier’s kelp forests, reef walls and boulder grounds, then cruise north along the Northland coast to the Bay of Islands in the afternoon.

Day 3: Bay of Islands to Doubtless Bay
Two of New Zealand’s best-known wreck dives in one day. Dive HMNZS Canterbury, a former navy frigate scuttled in the Bay of Islands in 2007, then continue past the Cavalli Islands to the Rainbow Warrior, the Greenpeace vessel sunk in 1985 and now covered in jewel anemones. Tonight, Beluga anchors in Doubtless Bay.

Day 4: Doubtless Bay to the Three Kings
An early departure takes you past Cape Reinga to the Three Kings Islands, arriving in time for an afternoon dive in some of New Zealand’s clearest water.

Days 5–8: The Three Kings Islands
Weather permitting, Beluga is your base at the Three Kings for four days. Uninhabited and rarely visited, the islands offer exceptional visibility, sheer walls, deep pinnacles and large schools of fish, along with marine life found nowhere else in New Zealand. Each day the crew choose sites to suit the conditions, and the tender takes you to and from every dive. On the afternoon of Day 8, Beluga heads south.

Day 9: Poor Knights Islands
Dive Northern Arch and Blue Maomao Arch in the Poor Knights marine reserve, renowned for its arches, caves and subtropical fish life, and explore Rikoriko Cave, one of the largest sea caves in the world, by tender. If conditions suit better, Great Barrier Island offers plenty of excellent dive sites instead.Day 10: Return to AucklandCruise south to Auckland, with a final lunch on board along the way.