This weekend, Hamish(dive buddy) and I went diving on the HMNZS Canterbury.
HMNZS Canterbury (F421) was one of two broad beam Leander class frigates operated by the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) from 1971 to 2005. Canterbury was decommissioned in 2005 and after extensive works to remove potentially toxic materials, she was scuttled on 3 November 2007 at Deep Water Cove in the Bay of Islands to provide a dive wreck. She lies in 38 metres of water.
Northland Dive, owe by Shane and Julia, is the operator for the dive. We stayed on their dorm which is surrounded by a 100 acres of land with beautiful scenery, including a stream, mountains and a creek. The dorm used to be a cowshed, which they did major remodelling to convert it into a 26-bed dive lodge. Adding to the excellent dives we had on the wreck, Shane and Julia are excellent underwater photographers. Thus, we posed for them on dives and ended up with numerous great photographs.
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