Lost buddy procedure Twelve meters deep, fifteen minutes into a dive and you lose your dive buddy. What do you do? The lost buddy procedure is something that we all learnt as Open Water Divers but does everyone understand what, why, when and how this is done? Wellington’s conditions can be tough, and with limited […]
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Diving and all things related to the ocean
Oriental Bay Beach & Underwater Clean Up
Every year we, along with Adventure Wellington knock our heads together to bring people together and do our bit in cleaning up Wellington Harbour. Last month we were lucky enough to have a throng of divers join us as we picked, scraped, lifted and blew bubbles to clean up Oriental Bay. […]
National Aquarium – Napier 2018
Although I have dived at the National Aquarium several times before I had never enjoyed a sleepover in their main display hall so I was really excited to finally get the divers together for this unique experience over Wellington Anniversary Weekend. Divers made their way up on Saturday with some meeting on […]
Matiu-Somes 2017
Matiu-Somes Island may only be 5kms offshore but you feel as if you have truly escaped the hustle and bustle of Wellington! Our last club trip of 2017 saw a group of 14 divers, a mountain of camping and diving gear and even more food caught the ferry across to the island in stunning conditions. […]
Paddy the PADI Freediver!
In July I had the opportunity to take part in the new PADI Freediver and Advanced Freediver courses. This training was amongst some of the most challenging and rewarding experience I had ever taken part in. Enrolling in the course was a pretty last minute decision even though I had wanted to do […]
Galapagos Trip 2017- Part 2
Well our club has returned from an epic excursion to the Galapagos Islands, 1000km off the coast of Ecuador. After exploring San Cristobal we excitedly boarded the Galapagos Master after locating our rooms we headed downstairs for our orientation and safety briefings. Not long after that we were finding our spaces on the dive deck […]
Galapagos Trip 2017- Part 1
WOW! What an experience that was. For most of us the Galapagos is the destination of a lifetime and the islands did not disappoint. We arrived in Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, San Christobal, captital of the Galapagos Province after days of travelling. Our first walk along the water front reminded us […]
Enriched Air Nitrox
Although Nitrox has been used inrecreational diving for almost 25 years, it is still often misunderstood. As an instructor, I’ve found myself correcting countless students who are under the impression that Nitrox enables a person to dive deeper than normal air — this is just one of the common misconceptions about Nitrox diving. Although specific […]
Scallop Season 2017
With the scallop season opening on Saturday 15th of July in Wellington (Central Region) it is important that we understand the regulations and the safety issues involved for divers in gathering scallops. These regulations do vary around the country so please check before you go diving and note that the Malbourough Sounds (Challenger Region) is closed […]
Taupo Dive Trip
Not many dive trips start in the sunshine and end with a snowball fight! But our latest trip did! Devan – Tertiary Student Well where to start the trip on the way up on the Thursday morning was a bit slow but we all made it fun with the grade A banter. Once we arrived […]