Ngatangiia School

Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Cook Islandsreef25 m maxbeginner

Conditions & tides

Ngatangiia SchoolRarotonga

Rough · 2/5

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Rough2/5

Rough at the surface right now — rough all day, no calm window.

Wind21 kn ESE

Current~0.4 kn WSW · model

Swell

1.8 m · 8s · SE

Water

24 °C

Max depth

25 m

Conditions through the day

7 AM7 PM

Calmest current near slack — 14:30 & 03:15 local

Sunrise 05:52 · Sunset 18:53 local

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Tide · local

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On-face swell 2.0 m — the component of the swell aimed at this site’s exposed face. Current is a regional model value (Copernicus, ~9 km grid) — a guide to the area, not a precise reef measurement. Imagery © Esri · not depth or visibility.

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Marine forecast via Copernicus Marine. Score is a rule-based guide from swell/wind vs. the site's exposure — always dive your own assessment.

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About this site

Ngatangiia is a village on the southeastern coast of Rarotonga in the Cook Islands, known historically as the departure point of several waka that voyaged to New Zealand. This dive site sits near the village and its school, close to Ngatangiia Harbour, over a reef bottom reaching a maximum depth of around 25 metres and rated as a beginner dive. Divers here have reported black sea cucumbers, greenfish sea cucumbers, and lollyfish sea cucumbers on the lagoon floor, along with blue linckia sea stars and small giant clams. Hawaiian convict surgeonfish, sunset wrasse, and threadfin butterflyfish have also been spotted, alongside Indo-Pacific rock-boring urchins among the reef structure.

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