PUMPKIN REEF

Tairua, Coromandel Peninsula
Depth Range: 0-20m
Spotties, wrasses, red moki and leatherjackets plus the occasional snapper. Clown and variable nudibranchs for the macro photographer. Best dived with no swell and offshore or light wind. Patches of rocky reef with kina barrens in the shallows and kelp forest below 6 metres.