What an awesome trip!! The long drive to Whakatane was sooo worth it. First off, the company was epic from the start. We came from all different walks of life. We all met at the accommodation the night before our dive to get the details sorted. The next morning, we met the skipper Grant at […]
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 […]
First Night Dive of 2017
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 […]
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 […]