Monthly Archive: March 2014

Mar 30

Trimix Rebreather Diving at Lake Taupo

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 …

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Mar 22

Dive Club Meeting

Another great turn out for our club night…it was excellent to see some new faces show up and mingle with other local divers. I showed a short promo video I made during my time working for Bilikiki Cruises in the Solomon Islands…for those that couldn’t make it I have a version below. Thanks also to …

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Mar 20

Diving Tawharanui Marine Reserve

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 …

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Mar 13

Diving Leigh & Daniels Reef

Evan took our instructor candidates to Leigh Reef and Daniels Reef to complete a couple of deep dives towards their PADI Instructors course. The entire dive at Leigh Reef they were surrounded by a large school of Kingfish. We managed 4 dives during the day as the wind and swells gradually picked up in anticipation …

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Mar 12

Poseidon Rebreather Course

Congratulations to Joanne and Martin on completing their TDI Poseidon Rebreather course. Taking advantage of the great weather before Cyclone Lucy arrived we made the last dives of the course at Tiri Tiri Island. In a past life Martin owned a Dive Center in Dorset, UK, and is amazed by the progress in technology. Previously …

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Mar 02

Diving the Rainbow Warrior and Cavalli Islands

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 …

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