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 […]
Technical Diving
Technical diving may include use of Twin Tanks or Sidemount Systems, Rebreathers, Cave or Wreck Diving and the use of mixed gases, Nitrox and Decompression Procedures.
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 […]
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 […]
Sidemount Diving – Not just for technical but fun as!
Firstly I have to pique your interest – Who is sidemount diving for? YOU! It doesnt have to be for the uber wreck diver or the tec cave diver, it can be for you! Honestly, who hasn’t wanted to spend more time down there on that perfect dive during the summer we have just had. […]
Advanced Wreck Diving
Advanced Wreck and Why I Continue to Train – Pete Humphris It’s about a week since I have completed my latest course as a student, Advanced Wreck, with Jamie from TechDiveNZ. The course was conducted over a few days on the wrecks of the Waikato and the Canterbury. We actually only had one dive on […]