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 …
Mar 02
The blue water was in and we had amazing visibility again (15-20m) diving the Rainbow Warrior and Cavalli Islands. Nick was taking 7 of our part time PADI Instructor candidates through their paces to build up their wreck and deep diving experience. We also had 2 groups of fun divers join us up from Auckland …
Feb 26
Another group of keen divers took a mid-week break to take advantage of the great weather and join us for a couple of dives…golfers do it all the time, so why not divers? Graham completed the first 2 dives of his Hollis Explorer Rebreather course. Graham is already qualified to dive on rebreathers such as …
Feb 22
On Saturday morning we headed out to dive Takatu Point, followed by another dive in the nearby Tawharanui Marine Reserve. Both dive sites are excellent, but everyone agreed that the amount of marine life found in the marine reserve was dramatically more than the unprotected Takatu Point. It is a great example of how successful …
Feb 12
JK and Darren joined us for a mid week dive at Wellington Reef. It was a chance for me to get a few more hours up on the new MK Se7en Poseidon rebreather. Although the visability wasn’t the best we all agreed it was better than working. The nudibranches were out in force including a …
Feb 08
A windy Sunday morning did not stop us heading out and taking shelter on the eastern side of Kawau Island from a strong SW wind. The team was made up of Brent, Natashia, Martin, Andrea, Nicolas and JK who all enjoyed a couple of great dives amongst the kelp and rocky drop offs of outer …
Feb 06
Craig took a group of 5 students to complete the deep and peak performance buoyancy dives at Takatu Point and Daniels Reef. It was a great day to complete their PADI Advanced Course. In the afternoon we headed out with a group of fun divers to Goat Island and then a second dive along the …
Jan 19
Perfect weather on a Sunday morning made for a great trip to dive the Leigh Coast. Congratulations to Peter on completing the last couple of dives for his PADI Advanced Open Water. Two Junior Open Water divers made up a keen group to explore the Outpost and Daniels Reef in the afternoon. I took …
Nov 24
Moored above the wreck of the Canterbury Wreck on a sunny Sunday morning. Smiles all around after surfacing from the Deep dive of their Advanced Course. After a surface interval they all headed back for the final wreck dive. Congratulations to Kate, Jacob, Clive and Sally on completing their Advanced course. Andrea and Martin enjoyed …