24 Hour Dive Challenge – 29th & 30th November 2014 This is our biggest, most challenging & most exciting event of the year! We have run the 24 Hour Dive Challenge now for 2 years and in that time have raised over $6500 for the Wellington Volunteer Coastguard as […]
Club Event
Scallops
The scallop season has opened in here Wellington and we celebrated with a sneaky afternoon dive on Tuesday 15th of July . Leaving work early Tomo and Claire and a couple of other lucky divers met at one of our local beaches where several tasty looking scallops and been seen on earlier dives. Heading out […]
Evans Bay Beach & Clean Up
The guys from Sea Shepherd joined our Petone Wharf Clean Up event last September and since then we have been working towards combining for another big clean up event in the Wellington area. Unfortunately the weather wasn’t looking too conducive for diving so we cancelled the club dive. However on arrival at the beach Rachel […]
Good News – Bad News
The good news… Paddy has been working hard towards his PADI Staff Instructor rating and should be recognised for his great achievement – Congratulations Paddy! He can now use his knowledge and experience to teach others how to teach others to dive. The bad news… Paddy ihas left us and headed overseas on that great […]
Oriental Bay Beach & Underwater Clean Up
We were invited to join Adventure Wellington and help them run this annual event. When we arrived and had a recce around the site the beach and shallows along the breakwater looked reasonably rubbish free but then we got started… As the divers, kayakers and shore crew gathered along the waterfront we split into groups […]
24 Hour Dive Challenge
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]