The forecast for this year’s trip was definitely not the best but Jo, the DoC Ranger at Matiu/Somes had a cunning plan to get us diving the southern end of the island – a usually inaccessible dive site. We were keen! 16club members, both divers and non-divers, headed across on the ferry and after going […]
Dive Trips
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
TecFest 2013
Tec Fest 2013: 10th – 12th May Late last year Brent McFadden sent me an email with an idea that he had been mulling on for some time. This idea grew into the inaugural TecFest event held at Motutere, Lake Taupo last weekend. Divers from all around the country were invited to attend presentations, complete […]
Exploration Dive
I had been out of the water for way too long! 8 weeks to the day in fact so I was looking forward to heading back underwater to take photos and blow bubbles. The weather was on my side as we headed out to Elsdon Pipe on the South Coast. This site is not as […]
Advanced Nitrox and Decompression Procedures
Can you ever learn enough about diving? I don’t think so, so I decided to take a move to the dark side – the era of long hoses and dressed all in black – and something to do with a Blue “H”. What was I letting myself in for? After my divemaster training I thought […]
Napier Trip 2013
So this year we headed up to the aquarium, the difference Me the newbie Instructor was running it! Really Claire you trust me to run a trip??? On top of that we had our littlest club mascots Emma and Caitlin joining us and Barbara joining us for an intro dive with the sharks! So needless […]