“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 […]
My reasoning behind choosing to sign up to the side-mount course was very narrow minded, consisting of the “I want to extend my dive time” attitude. Since completing the course, my mindset has completely changed and I have become so much more aware of how I am able to become a more competent diver. Firstly, […]
Our divers are always up for a challenge and even more so when it is for such a great cause as supporting our team at the Wellington Volunteer Coastguard! We cancelled our 24 Hour Dive Challenge after the November quakes but wanted to continue our support of Coastguard and all the local businesses that […]
The Feeling of flying effortlessly through the air is a fantasy some people could only wish for in their wildest dreams, but there is a beautifully kept secret by New Zealand and its diving community where this wonderful sensation can be achieved, and that is the drift dive in the Waikato river in central north island New Zealand. […]
Hi my name is Georgia Beuth and I recently received my PADI Open Water diver, to dive in fresh and salt water. Scuba diving was something that I never really thought about doing, my dad is a keen fisherman and enjoys the occasional dive for scallops and crayfish, so I was familiar with diving, but didn’t really think […]
My first certification came from co teaching a local PADI Open Water dive course with an experienced instructor. The first two Open Water dives were at Lake Coleridge and we completed the last day at Wainui over on the Banks Peninsular, the weather was awesome! Sun shining, no wind, and flat bay to dive in. […]