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. […]
Imagine this: soft, sandy beaches, warm, clear water, a colourful array of tropical fish surrounding you… But you can’t enjoy any of it because your rental mask doesn’t fit properly and starts leaking the moment you are submerged in water! You asked for a replacement, but they are all the same! Now you are kicking […]
Dive season has well and truly started so ask yourself – Are you ready? – More importantly is your gear ready? Did you know most dive manufacturers recommend annual servicing of dive gear especially regulators. Even in this modern day and age of technology, regulators are still a purely mechanical device and like all mechanical things […]
While we don’t really get in behind Halloween as much as they do in the USA it is always a great excuse to have fun diving with our dive club members. So on Sunday as our divers headed out for their first sea dive they encountered a Zombie Horde! […]
Finding the right person to share the adventure of diving with can make a huge difference to your experience. Learning to be a good diver should include learning to be a good buddy diver too, however too often it seems the more experience a diver becomes, the more they forget some of the fundamentals of diving […]
We spent Monday traveling up to Paihia so by the time Tuesday morning rolled around we were all bright eyed and bushy tailed rearing to go. For a lot of us this would be our first wreck dive so you could sense the excitement amongst the group! The weather was marginable at best but with […]
I know as a Pom, I’ll be accused of whinging, but damn it was hard work! And not because I’m new to instructing and had no idea what to expect – I’d been a dive instructor with various agencies for over 12 years. It’s simply that GUE is different and proudly so. It all started in 2001, […]
Part of the joy of dive travel is meeting new marine life as you explore new dive sites. So armed with Marine ID books and cameras we were keen to get underwater and start exploring on our recent Poor Knights trip. We ticked off a number of new species on the very first dive including […]