Aug 11
A big congratulations to Bob Thompson who travelled from Australia to complete his TDI CCR Mixed Gas Instructor Course in the Inspiration/Evolution rebreather. Bob is now qualified to teach rebreather divers on trimix to a maximum depth of 60m. Between the skills and drills we managed a nice long dive on the Waikato Wreck. It …
Jul 30
Our full-time tertiary students made a couple of mid-week dives on the Waikato Wreck out of Tutukaka. The weather was perfect and with 15m+ visability there were plenty of happy divers.
Jul 27
We timed the weather well as we shot up to the Bay of Islands and managed to rack up more wreck dives on the Canterbury wreck in Deep Water Cove. Our full and part-time tertiary students are only a couple of wreck dives short of the 10 required for their Wreck Instructor specialty. Nick and …
Jul 13
Congratulations to another bunch of newly qualified rebreather divers. Jamie, Jesse, Kyrstin and James are presently cruising around the South Pacific diving on their new Hollis Explorer rebreathers enabling much greater bottom times and to quietly sneek up close and personal to all the tropical marine life. We’ll see you back soon Jamie for your …
May 22
Congratulations to Sasha, Jono, Isaac and Jamie on completing their TDI Hollis Explorer Rebreather course. Welcome to the wonderful world of silent diving!
May 17
On Saturday morning we launched from Army Bay and shot across to Shag Rock, behind Tiri Tiri Island for the first dive. Then headed back to Wellington Reef for the second. A great chance for many on board to get back in the water after a few months away from diving. Come back again soon …
Apr 09
We headed out past Tiri Tiri Island to Shears Rock in the Hauraki Gulf to complete the final 2 dives (Deep and Peak Performance Buoyancy) of an Advanced course. Congratulations to our new PADI Advanced divers Aysha, Dan and Nicole.
Apr 05
Another group of happy divers qualify at Wellington Reef following two fun dives aboard our boat, Scubee2, at Wellington Reef on Saturday. A big thanks to their instructor, Craig, for getting them through.
Mar 30
Congratulations to John Hynes on completing the TDI Rebreather Advanced Trimix Course and Graham Christmas on completing the Poseidon Se7en rebreather course. We were also joined by Martin Wallis who captured some great images of us all diving the submerged Pohutakawa Trees and vertical walls at Motutaiko Island, Taupo. We had 3 perfect days of …
Mar 20
A 2m SE swell forced us to take shelter in the Tawharanui Marine Reserve for a days diving. Congratulations to Jenny on completing her Nitrox course, and Graham for completing the last 2 dives of his Hollis Explorer rebreather course. In the afternoon we headed back out with 7 open water students to complete the …