Day 4, Wednesday, May 6th....Poor Knights

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Today we had a nearly perfect day. When we stopped at "The Perfect Day" tours on Tuesday, they told us that the large boat that primarily carries people that want to snorkel and kayak around the islands was not running in the off season but we could go with the divers on a dive boat. We almost bagged it, but decided this is a once in a life time chance so booked on the dive boat. It was a great decision, like I said it was almost a perfect day. On the way out and on the way back to the islands dolphins (common and bottle nose) came to our boat and played in the bow wave, June was in heaven, I took lots of blurry pictures. The weather was great, it rained a few times but we were in the water and they lasted only 5 mins then sun again, the divers made two dives while we snorkeled the same sites. These sights included lots of colorful fish, some caves and arches that are just beautiful. The water was 20C (68F) and they provided wet suits so we were quite comfy. We were on a boat with some Aussies, some Brits, some Americans from Oregon, and a few Kiwis. It really was a nice time. We drove back to Whangarei for dinner and a hotel room, today we drive south to Emily's school, we are looking forward to seeing her.