Our dive club decided to escape a Wellington Winter and head to sunnier climes in Fiji. A week at Safari Lodge on Nananu-i-Ra Island was just what we needed. Over the week we completed 13 dives in the Bligh Strait and Vatu -i Ra Passage. Our divers experienced their first tropical dives, first boat and deep […]
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Happy 10th Birthday!
On Saturday the 1st of August 2015, we celebrated Dive & Ski HQ’s 10th Birthday! The event was held at Princess bay on Wellingtons South Coast. The conditions were near perfect with moderate Northerly winds, half metre swells and even a bit of sunshine! We had a good turnout with about 14 people joining us […]
Careers Expo
Do you know what you want to do as a career? The students from Hutt Valley High School have a better idea after their Careers Expo yesterday. A wide variety of Universities, Polytechs and Private Training Establishments (PTE’s) including Dive HQ attended the event. This event gave the students […]
Evans Bay Beach & Underwater Clean Up
Saturday 11th July 2015 Sea Shepard Wellington organises monthly clean ups of the beach at Evans Bay in Wellington and Dive & Ski HQ Petone like to get involved in them as often as possible. Although only a few divers had put their hands up to get involved in the event there were many people helping to […]
Friends for Sharks Event
Late last year we received an email from a new shark and marine conservation cause, Friends for Sharks, offering us a free talk about sharks as part of their world tour. “Friends for Sharks is a marine conservation cause working to support charities and increase worldwide awareness of the plight of sharks” Friends for Sharks […]
MAANZ Shipwreck Show & Tell
MAANZ – Maritime Archaeological Association of New Zealand A group of shipwreck enthusiasts gathered at the City & Sea Museum last week to hear about NZ wrecks and learn about some of the artifacts that have been recovered from them. The presentation started with an overview of some of our oldest wrecks, including […]
Taupo Tertiary Trip May 2015
“May the Forth be with you” Claire’s parting words as we left for Lake Taupo for the week. The guys were all very excited about diving for a whole week. After we arrived, unpacked, and got dinner sorted. We headed off the guys loved their first experience of fresh water diving, dropping quickly to just […]
Scallops
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 […]
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 […]