Scallops (Pecten Novaezealandiae) Scallops, common name ‘The New Zealand Scallop’, is a bivalve mollusc of the family Pectinidee, the scallops Pecten Novaezealandiae is a completely free-living, mobile and somewhat migratory. Scallops can swim with brief bursts of speed by clapping their shells together (Jet Propulsion) The two valves are asymmetric. The left valve is convex […]
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Lachie Makene – SCUBA Instructor
For as long as I can remember I’ve been spending time in, on and under the water. I spent countless years roaming beaches and exploring places that few ever have the chance to. For me diving is a real passion, it is something I want to be able to share with anyone who is willing. […]
Simon Byers – Instructor
I started scuba diving here in Wellington in 2004 and fell in love with the sport so I continued to learn more about diving and became a Dive Master in 2010. This got me on the road to helping with training and looking after fellow divers as well as doing lots of fun diving around Wellington […]
Matiu – Somes Island 2015
Our first club event of 2015 was held on Matiu – Somes Island right here in Wellington Harbour. Each year we head over to the island loaded with dive gear and food to complete a beach and underwater clean up with DoC. This year we started with a beach clean up along the north eastern […]
Poor Knights November 2014
It’s that time of year again when Claire heads North under the guise of work and takes members of the dive club with her as accessories! The first dive of the road trip is a drift dive down the Waikato River, with eddys, rapid currents, awesome rock formations, hot pools and both Brown and Rainbow […]
Owhiro Bay
For years I have been saying that Owhiro Bay is my favourite dive site and that I have done 100’s of dives here. It turns out I was lying or at least exaggerating. A count of my logbook earlier this year showed I had only done 197 dives here since I started diving in 1997. […]
Gateway Open Water Course
There are certainly plenty of course options for students these days and for a group of students from Hutt Valley High School keen to join the Royal New Zealand Navy the opportunity to complete their PADI Open Water Diver Course was too good to pass up. After collecting their packs and doing their homework (well […]
Hollis Explorer Rebreather
Rebreathers are making headway into mainstream diving and the Hollis Explorer is perfectly designed with the recreational diver in mind. The Explorer is an electronic semi-closed rebreather (eSCR) an intelligent hybrid that is compact, lightweight and extremely easy to use. The Explorer is unique in using a single gas blend of 32-40% Nitrox is electronically controlled to […]
Palau 2014
For years Palau has been a dream destination for our dive club – with more flight options and a better package price this year we finally got to go. 30+ hours of travelling later and still another flight to go we were all hoping it was all worth it. 24 hours later and heading underwater […]
PADI Self-Reliant Diver
This Distinctive Specialty is designed for experienced divers who may decide to dive on their own, particularly popular with photographers, or for professional divers, such including Instructors and Divemasters who may not have an assigned buddy capable of assisting them in an emergency. The course focus is preparing the self-reliant diver with dive planning and […]