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Rikoriko Cave
Poor Knights Islands, New Zealand
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One of the largest sea caves in the world by volume, inside a marine reserve that Cousteau ranked among the best dive sites on Earth.
40 m
26 mRecreational limitBathymetry and profile
A huge chamber 130 m long and 35 m high, with water up to 26 m deep. It is big enough for boats to enter.
Dashed line: 40 m recreational diving limit
Features
- Natural acoustics used for concerts
- Glowing plankton
- Sponges and fan corals
Specific fauna
- Short-tailed stingrays
- Blue maomao
- Nudibranchs
- Moray eels