What does it take to become a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor?
What can you expect to cover during your PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC). From dive theory and standards to teaching skills in the class room and underwater. Learn what Max went through on his IDC.
You should learn to dive with Dive HQ Wellington as we provide exceptional instruction, opportunities to explore and engage with other divers and promote conservation.
Master Scuba Diver Trainer, or MSDT, is a rating that PADI Open Water Scuba Instructors can apply for after reaching certain milestones. Specifically, an instructor has to be able to teach five specialty courses, as well having certified 25 PADI divers. It’s an extra step above the first instructor rating, which shows that an instructor […]
Introducing Max – our newest team member and Dive Instructor.
Pop in store or join us for a dive and meet him in person.
After some major technical issues we are back online and ready to post some blogs. Our only issue now is finding some topics to write about – we are way too late to recap the year that was and who really wants to focus back on 2022? & 2 months in it’s too late to […]
You have finished your Open Water Course and discovered that the little diving bug in side you has grown and you are now looking for your next underwater adventure. The PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course (AOW) is the next step. This course focuses on the practical elements of diving from identifying marine life to […]
Choosing the right dive site for the day is the number one way to make or break a day of diving. Every diver out there would probably agree that choosing the best dive site gets easier with experience, but very rarely does anyone explain what to consider in choosing a site. For me there are […]
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 […]
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 […]
