Hen and Chicken Island Dive Site, New Zealand

Diving Overview for Hen and Chicken Island

Hen and Chicken Island has a maximum diving depth of around 25 m / 82 ft and is suitable for all divers. The average visibility is 10-20 metres and access to the dive site is by boat.

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Hen and Chicken Islands are common breeding grounds for schools of blue mao mao, sweep, trevally and silver drummer.

In the summer months, you will occasionally come across Kingfish as you descend these dramatic walls which drop down to boulders and gradually level out exposing cracks where you can find hidden crayfish and large yellow moray eels.

There are also large kelp covered boulders that provide refuge for goatfish, red moki and demoiselles.

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