Five years ago the team at Dive & Ski HQ decided that the Volunteer Wellington Coastguard deserved our support. They provide a great service to divers and others that love the ocean and spend a lot of time out on, in and under the water. Our biggest fundraising effort occurs in November when we run […]
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Poor Knights 2016
The Poor Knights Islands are rated in the top 10 dive sites world wide and they definitely live up to their reputation. So it was with great excitement that a group of club divers headed north for a 4 day liveaboard adventure with Oceanblue. Our dive gear was set […]
Oriental Bay Beach & Underwater Clean Up
Every year we team up with Adventure Wellington to tackle the rubbish that collects at Oriental Bay, underwater and along the breakwaters. A team of 11 volunteers turned up to help including our Mayor, Celia Wade-Brown, who donned her snorkeling gear and jumped into help. The divers headed underwater […]
Matiu-Somes Island 2016
The dive club braved some misty conditions as they waited for the ferry across to Matiu-Somes Island for the first trip of 2016. Our annual underwater clean up between the wharves not only helps DoC and the environment but gives our divers a great excuse to explore a new dive site. […]
24 Hour Dive Challenge
We have recovered, repacked and have had time to reflect on the biggest dive event held in Wellington – The 24 Hour Dive Challenge! Now in its 4th year this event is designed to highlight the great work of the Wellington Volunteer Coastguard and to help raise funds to support their efforts. Held on […]
Club Dive Day!
As one of my Dive Master events I was planning to run the Pajama Party Night Dive but after cancelling it again due to weather I ran a club dive day instead. We had a recreational diver joining us as Claire was running the Open Water Diver Course with her students. It was a sunny […]
A Dive Master’s First Guided Dive
It was a decidedly different experience packing the truck not only for myself, but for four other divers I would be in charge of that day. I was slightly nervous but definitely excited as I loaded gear, running through all I had learned over the past few weeks about group management, guiding divers and all […]
Keep New Zealand Beautiful Week
Seaview Marina 12/9/15 The objective of the day was to collect rubbish out of Seaview Marina for Keep NZ Beautiful Week and collect data to share with Project Aware. The day started with four seasons in one day. The crew arrived at Seaview Marina at 10am being welcome by rain hail and gusty winds. (Typical […]
Safari Lodge – Fiji
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 […]
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 […]