Rainbow Warrior Wreck and Cavalli Islands Reef Dive Day Trip

The Rainbow Warrior was Greenpeace's flagship, sunk by French agents in Auckland Harbour in 1985 and later laid to rest in the Cavalli Islands as an artificial reef. At a maximum depth of 26m, she is now home to a huge variety of marine life. We drive 45 minutes north from Paihia to Matauri Bay, launch our 7.5m RIB Aka Maru from the beach, and it's just an 8-minute ride to the wreck. After the wreck dive we stop on a Cavalli Islands beach for lunch and snorkelling, then do a second dive on the volcanic reefs, normally 18m or shallower, with swim-throughs, tunnels and caves. Back at Matauri Bay about 2:30pm and Paihia around 4:00pm. Advanced divers dive the wreck with the group (dived in the last 18 months). Open Water divers dive it with an instructor as an SSI Deep Adventure Dive (dived in the last 12 months). All scuba gear is included.