Rainbow Warrior

The Rainbow Warrior was bombed by French intelligence agents in Auckland Harbour on 10 July 1985, killing photographer Fernando Pereira as Greenpeace prepared to protest nuclear testing at Moruroa. Two years later the ship was scuttled off Matauri Bay as a living memorial, watched over by a monument on the headland above. The sea has kept its side of the bargain: the hull is sleeved in jewel anemones in pinks and violets, schools of golden snapper and demoiselles drift through the masts' absence, and morays occupy the seams. It is dived as a reef, a piece of history, and a memorial to a man and a cause, in that unhurried Northland green-blue light.

您此行的高光时刻: Jewel-anemone-covered hull, a pivotal moment of protest history, memorial headland above the bay

地形地貌: Sand at about 28 m with the 40 m former Greenpeace flagship sitting upright

水流: Usually gentle; visibility swings with recent weather more than current.

入水方式: The wreck lies off Matauri Bay in the Cavalli Islands, north of the Poor Knights; Northland operators run it as a dedicated trip or a pairing with the reserve.

危险因素: Depth for newer divers and aging structure; penetration is for the trained and is often unnecessary anyway.

保育: A memorial site: dive with respect, take nothing, and leave the structure untouched.

高氧（Nitrox）: 在此值得使用——各潜点深度落在富氧空气（nitrox）能有效延长免减压时间的区间（前提是持有相应认证）。