PACIFIC
Milford Sound · Bowen Falls
- New Zealand
- Advanced (fiord)
- November - April
Plan your dive
- Experience level
- Advanced (fiord)
- Depth guide
- 10-40 m under freshwater layer
- When to go
- November - April
- Site type
- Fiord Black Coral
Featured wildlife
- Yellowtail kingfish
- Blue maomao
- Common bottlenose dolphin
- Giant moray
About this dive site
Dark fiord diving with black coral trees beneath a tannin layer.
Milford Sound’s steep walls continue underwater with a fresh-water cap over salt water-black coral, spiny dogfish and deep reef fish in unusual light. Local operators run limited trips when wind and runoff cooperate.
Most trips target November - April, but wind, swell and current still decide the day's site. Calendar peak is November - April, but skippers still move sites when wind, swell or current change. Book with a crew that knows Milford Sound day to day, not just the map pin.