Marine Life
Find out more about our local marine life and other fascinating sea creatures.
Changes to Paua Limits!
Niue 2023
Dive Club Wellington’s trip to Niue in August 2023 was a lot of fun. We went scuba diving (of course) explored caves and chasms around the island and snorkeled some incredible locations but the highlight had to be swimming with the humpback whales.
Dive HQ’s Monthly Review – June
Dive Club Wellington has been busy with their first trip overseas in 4 years, a range of dive courses and more dives planned for the months ahead.
What will I see underwater in Wellington?
Explore Wellington underwater and meet some of our favourite local marine species including Blue Cod & Octopus
Welcome back! (finally)
After some major technical issues we are back online and ready to post some blogs. Our only issue now is finding some topics to write about – we are way too late to recap the year that was and who really wants to focus back on 2022? & 2 months in it’s too late to […]
A vocabulary guide to diving in te reo māori.
Learning to incorporate te reo māori
into everyday usage especially around our favourite hobbies – diving and spearfishing!
Wrecks & Reefs
One of our most popular club trips dives the Rainbow Warrior and Canterbury Wrecks and the reefs around the Cavelli and Poor Knights Islands.
Sharks & Snorkeling Pt2
Stewart Island is a must see part of the country and exploring it by boat allowed us to explore wild beaches and go snorkeling.
The bird life on Ulva Island and Kiwi Hunting in Oban are unique and rewarding experiences.
Sharks & Snorkeling! Pt 1
Diving with the Great White Sharks near the Titi )Muttonbird) Islands is an experience designed to take your breath away!
These are truly magnificent creatures best appreciated from underwater – but we like the cage too