Motutapere Bay

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Day anchorage only for diving the wreck of the Rainbow Warrior.
Moderate holding in 6-10 metres on weedy rock and sand bottom. Can be
a bit rolly and is subject to northeast, south, and western quadrant
swells. Exposed to southern quadrant and westerly winds.

Taiaue Bay

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Moderate holding in 4-5 metres of water on sandy bottom. Good shelter
in southern quadrant winds. Exposed to north and northeasterly swells.
Beware of the charted awash rock northwest of Omorere Reef.

Mahinepua Bay

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Moderate holding in sandy bottom. Well sheltered in all but eastern
quadrant winds. Anchor in the middle of the bay as it gets too shallow
for most towards the head of the bay.

Rainbow Warrior

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The wreck of the Greenpeace "Rainbow Warrior", marked by a yellow
buoy. The vessel was bombed by the French in 1985 killing one and was
sunk here to form an artificial reef as a memorial in 1987. The wreck
lies on sandy bottom with a maximum depth of 26 metres. It is covered
in bright jewel anemones and surrounded by blue maomao, mackerel,
snapper and kingfish. Sandagers and scarlet wrasses, combfish, pigfish
and golden snapper and octopus all inhabit the wreck.

Stephenson Island

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This anchorage is sheltered in northwest, north and northeasterly
winds but can be fairly exposed otherwise and open to northwest
swells. The bottom is rocky with seaweed so lay your anchor carefully.
There is also another anchorage in the bay on the west side of the
island in 4 metres but beware of rocks in the bay itself.

Owhatanga Bay

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Sheltered anchorages can be found here for most winds except
northwest. Good holding in broken shell, mud and sand and you can tuck
in close to shore around most of the bay. Great spot for sheltering in
strong winds.

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