Dive or Snorkel
Tonga Island Marine Reserve, New Zealand
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Underwater visitors to Tonga Island Marine Reserv will see tumbled rock and bedrock reefs, inhabited by numerous grazing invertebrates, with sandy-bottoms extending beyond.
The best snorkelling is among the rocks between Tonga Quarry and Foul Point. Scuba diving is most rewarding on the reefs around Tonga Island or in the north of the reserve.
Seaweeds are confined to a narrow band along the low water mark, but this makes it easy to see kina and turban shells grazing on the seafloor and boulders.
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