Only last month I mentioned blowing bubbles and then my new Hollis Prism2 Rebreather arrived and my dive course was scheduled for the 18th of June. Before I knew it I was up in Taupo diving without bubbles (except on ascent of course!) Before that could happen however I (the […]
Dry Suit Diving
Winter is coming and if you want to keep blowing bubbles you need to protect yourself from the cold. As you learnt in your Open Water Diver Course water conducts heat away from the body at least 20 times faster than in air. So when diving in cold water we want to use the correct exposure suit […]
Earth Day 2018
Sunday 22nd April was Earth Day and the focus this year was to reduce plastic usage and definitely plastic wasteage! It seemed like a good excuse to organise another clean up dive for the club and with some keen divers in tow we headed to Shark Bay in […]
24 Hour Dive Challenge 2018!
Once again our local divers joined forces to support the Wellington Volunteer Coastguard and participated in the 24 Hour Dive Challenge. 53 divers conducted 44 dives, logging 104 individual dives in 24 hours and raised over $2500 (to date) Teams of divers entered the waters of Scorching Bay, Wellington in a […]
Wrecks & Reefs 2018
The name says it all really – this club dive trip to Northland was designed to explore the local wrecks and reef with dives planned for the Rainbow Warrior, Canterbury and Waikato Wrecks as well as a couple of dives at the Poor Knights. I was excited […]
Where’s My Buddy?!
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 […]
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 […]