PORT CHARLES

Coromandel Peninsula
Depth Range: 5-22m
Protected from all but easterly swells and wind. Varied reef with kelp forest that drops steeply. Crayfish in the cracks. Some school fish at the top but red and painted moki, wrasses, blue cod and snapper down the wall. Patches of sponge life and anemones mainly on the underhangs. Dozens of triplefins and a few nudibranchs.