FishFingers29 wrote: Hey bud, Ya can't scuba for Paua in NZ, a big no no. And you will certainly be hard pressed to find any around Aucklands water... |
Mad Spearo wrote: Hey, if you are looking for paua in Auckland then you are probably wasting your time. There are odd spots on the West Coast but your chances of a weather window are slim. If you really want paua, go to Hawke's Bay or anywhere along that coast down from there to Wellington. Or if you go to wellington I can pretty much guarantee you will get some and there will be good enough weather somewhere for you to get in and get out. Do you really need your limit though? As said above, make sure you don't have any scuba gear with you or you will be annoying all of us. |
TheD wrote: Anyone here dive the manukau? Went out two days ago and got a few bugs. Don't really have anyone to go out with, so if anyone needs a partner let me know :) |
i-spear wrote:
I have dived in the Manukau about 3-4 times solo. Its a bit scary to be honest especially solo and only 2-2.5m of Viz. Mostly around Cornwallis southern end. I have always wanted to dive around Whatipu and collect all the lead sinkers and look for bugs there.
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fuzzybabybunny wrote: Would Mathesons Bay be ok? Stay away from the marine reserve of course. Or is that too close to Auckland and would be cleared out? |
LC wrote: not likely to be me joining you sorry, i used to dive Clarks Beach for scallops reasonably regularly, usually in about 0.3m visibility, but promptly gave up after i went for a dive Saturday then on the Monday morning read an article saying two great whites had been caught in the manukau on the sunday by different fishermen about 15km apart but only 30 mins between the catches. i'm quite used to east coast bronzies etc and they don't rattle me at all but f*ck bumping into a white shark in 30cm vis...
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fuzzybabybunny wrote: Would Mathesons Bay be ok? Stay away from the marine reserve of course. Or is that too close to Auckland and would be cleared out? |
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