Official Cook Islands tourism diving page used for access, facilities, and marine-life context.
Cook Islands · Rarotonga
Goldmine is a compact north-coast reef site off Avarua.
Goldmine is a compact north-coast reef site off Avarua.
Goldmine is a compact north-coast reef site off Avarua, with coral bommies, overhangs, and crevices that keep the dive feeling textured rather than exposed. Turtles are a common highlight, and reef fish, moray eels, scorpionfish, triggerfish, pufferfish, and trevally can also show. Plan it for settled water and controlled buoyancy rather than a day when the sea is lumpy.
Site Conditions
Safety Notes
Overhangs and crevices create overhead areas; maintain good buoyancy control and avoid entering spaces you cannot comfortably exit.
Community notes to help plan your visit.
Scuba Diving
Depth ranges from 15 to 25 metres.
Conservative baseline from public research. No community dives logged yet.
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Research Sources
Official Cook Islands tourism diving page used for access, facilities, and marine-life context.
Directory-style Rarotonga dive guide confirming the Avarua jewellery-shop reference and the north-coast depth profile.
Goldmine-specific dive site entry with the Avarua frontage, bommies, depth range, and turtle sightings.
Second independent Cook Islands diving source used for year-round and winter-visibility context.

Shallow historic shipwreck off Avarua.

Avarua Passage: boat drift through Rarotonga's harbour pass.

Edna’s Anchor is a boat-accessed deep reef dive on Rarotonga’s north side.