Like so many great ideas the journey towards this year’s 24 Hour Dive Challenge was decided of a few pints. At the end of last year’s pack up Claire, Brian, Stuart and I celebrated with a drink and decided there and then that this should be an annual event. Slowly the wheels began to turn […]
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Halloween Dive 2013
This time last year one of our divers sent us this link… And so inspired this year’s Halloween theme – Underwater Pumpkin Carving There were a lot of predive issues to consider… What size/shape/colour of pumpkin do I want? Do pumpkins float? (Yes) What tools do I need? (Dive knives worked well as did a […]
The Mikhail Lermontov
This Russian Cruise ship sunk on the 16th of February 1986 as she tried to take a short cut between a rock and a hard place. The crew tried to reach safety along the beach in Port Gore but the ship settled back down into the bay. Of the 740 passengers and crew aboard only […]
Petone Wharf Clean Up
Unfortunately a worldwide problem but our divers are helping to make a difference locally. September is officially Project AWARE’s Debris Month of Action with 100’s of underwater clean up schedule by dive stores and clubs. It also coincides with Keep New Zealand Beautiful Week. So once more into the breach… We headed back to Petone […]
NZ Shark Week
As part of NZ Shark Week Te Papa hosted some free presentations from our leading shark experts. We were initially given an overview of sharks – what are they, how are they identified and who are their close relatives? New Zealand has ~110 shark species, ~70 rays and ~ 12 chimeras (ghost sharks). The exact […]
Upcoming Dive Courses – Setember to November 2013
Check out our course dates for the upcoming months – to book on any of them please Contact Us. Starts Classroom dates Pool dates Openwater dates Openwater Diver 30/09/2013 30, 2, 7, 9 Oct 30, 2, 7, 9 Oct 12 & 13 Oct More 14/10/2013 14, 16, 21, 23 Oct 14, 16, 21, 23 Oct […]
Safari Lodge – Fiji 2013
Tomo went last year for the Dive HQ conference, our Divemaster Kim completed her internship here in January and so I felt I was missing out and planned our annual club dive trip with Safari Lodge at Nananu-i-ra Island Fiji. The adventure started with a direct flight to Nadi, a van ride north and an […]
Tough Gal!
So you think diving in Wellington in winter is tough…. I got convinced (conned?) into signing up for this years Tough Guy & Gal Challenge in Rotorua this month. With no preparation I felt as if I was entering Hell and was pleasantly surprised by the whole experience. Amongst 1500 other participants some dressed up, […]
Rebreathers!
On Friday the 10th of May this year I attended the first ever New Zealand TeCFest. By June 30 just seven weeks later I was certified on my own closed circuit rebreather. Claire has asked me to write a few paragraphs about how this all came about so here goes. Prior to TecFest I was […]
A week diving and exploring the Mikhail Lermontov…
Laying in Port Gore in the Marlborough sounds is a wreck like no other. Sitting in 36m of water, you can find the resting place of the 176m cruise liner the Mikhail Lermontov, the largest wreck in the Southern Hemisphere. The Lermontov sank on the 16th February 1986, from damage sustained to its port side […]