Monthly Archive: September 2015

Sep 20

Great Barrier Trip

Yesterday was a fantastic window to take our new boat ‘Whakaari Express’ out to Great Barrier. On board was 8 RAID Open Water students, all taking full advantage, and completing their course somewhere a bit different. We also had a couple of keen Cray hunters too… Luckily we had lovely flat water and nice weather …

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Sep 08

Rainbow Warrior and Cavalli Islands

To make life easy launching the boat off a decent ramp, we headed up to Whangaroa for 3 days to dive the Rainbow Warrior and Cavalli Islands. The Whangaroa inlet is a stunning location and only a short 20 minute run out to the Cavalli Islands. The visability was excellent at 12m+ and we knocked …

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Sep 01

NEW RAID Freediving Courses !

Over the winter our staff member, Tony Graimes, travelled to the Philippines to successfully complete his RAID Freediving Instructor course.     Already a RAID Scuba Instructor, Tony is now qualified to take RAID Freediving courses based out of our Dive Center in Silverdale. This is what Tony had to say about the experience: “I …

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