Last week our dive club met up after work to explore one of our local dive sites, Scorching Bay. With a juvenile reef system and a maximum depth of 7m you might not expect to see a lot but we caught up with George, our resident conger eel, found a whole nest of crays, saw […]
General Interest
Diving and all things related to the ocean
Oriental Beach Clean Up
Once again we joined the team from Adventure Wellington to conduct a beach and underwater clean up at Oriental Beach – alongside the Tugboat. With divers underwater, volunteers collecting rubbish off the beach and breakwater and others acting as surface support or helping with decrittering the marine debris – 16 people came down […]
Matiu/Somes Island 2017
The start of each new year sees our dive club head out on a great adventure – all the way to the centre of Wellington Harbour! Matiu-Somes Island has an interesting and varied history and is a predator free island with a variety of native flora and fauna making a comeback including Little Blue Penguins, Skinks & […]
Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays Everyone
We would love to thank all our divers for making 2016 such an amazing year. We headed out diving 170+ days, logging a dive a day on average which is an impressive effort for Wellington diving. The year kicks off with our club divers staying over on Matiu-Somes Islands, exploring the wharves and then hunting […]
Is it safe to get back in the water this summer?
There we were at Kau Point getting set up for an enjoyable dive (just like we had many times before). Then out of the blue (greenish if you are going by the water colour) we were informed that there was a lost object that needed to be found. Little did we know that our lovely […]
Adopting a Dive Site
Why adopt a dive site at all? This is Project AWARE’s latest campaign to tackle marine debris and track the amount of debris that enters a dive site over time. We have committed to dive at our adopted dive site every month for a year and submit data on the rubbish collected. We have selected […]
Coastguard Raft Race
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]