There is nothing worse than an ill fitting mask.  It will either leak or be uncomfortable.  So here are a few tips to help you choose a mask. Scuba or Free Diving? With scuba we have plenty of air to equalise our masks with and clear any leaks, but for a free diver you are […]

Congratulations to Sebastien Marquet for being the July winner of the Geo 2 dive watch. Sebastien’s response to winning;  “I’m really happy to win the dive computer. I can’t wait to try it hopefully this weekend and I will be able to use it for my next rescue Padi level.  Thanks to Dive HQ for their […]

  The Oceanic Geo 2 is a great entry level wrist mounted computer. So stylish you could wear it in and out of the water. The wide selection of colours will allow you to match your outfit whether it be on a tropical beach or penetrating a wreck at 30 meters under torch light. A […]

Lake Rotoma on a sunny bright winters day – that one time I had the camera on ascent after diving with a Marine Science student. While diving Letterbox point Lake Rotoma (Rotorua), We had been down at 10m for over 45min in 13C water doing a population density survey of freshwater muscles, we had our GoPro […]

“When are you going to get a real job?” It’s a question that has followed me for my entire adult life. The question was often heard from well-meaning friends, who were sure that I was wasting my life by not pursuing a “career”. Spending my nights pouring drinks for well to do businessmen in dark […]

A day to remember and to enjoy as our dive club joined together at Scorching Bay for a dive and the opportunity to catch up with familiar buddies and meet some new ones. Wellington put on a fantastic day with plenty of sunshine and unusually no wind.  Once our divers had arrived, poppies attached, Claire […]

Christmas season is fast approaching…   Dive season has well and truly started so ask yourself Are you ready? More importantly is your gear ready?   SAFETY CHECK Dive with a buddy – stay together Check your dive gear – are you weighted correctly Equipment check – computer battery, regulators working, recently serviced     […]

I’m going to call 17th October the Trifecta Tuesday!! 1: I officially became a Dive Master 2: I dived my 100th dive 3: I got to do my 100th dive using a DPV!!!! And what made the day even better was that it was my  2 younger sisters birthdays.  How freaky weird is that! That day had all the […]

I knew I wanted to travel the World and in my early twenties I kept putting it off.  I pursed other things like a Masters degree in structural geology but I was never satisfied with the payoff.  I enjoyed the science and teaching students but the politics that comes with university research just never sat […]