The Waikato!!   Wreck diving is one of my highest recommended specialties, but before you go I would recommend having Deep Diving and Enrich Air Nitrox qualifications as well. Why???? The Deep qualification allows you to dive past your open water limit of 18m. With a lot of the more famous wrecks around NZ sitting […]

PADI Advanced must be the most enjoyable and beneficial courses to take in the entire PADI program. Many divers take part in their open water course and stop there. Why stop? You have only just climbed onto the tip of the iceberg compared to what diving has to offer. Your next step after your PADI […]

If you asked divers where one of the places in New Zealand that they wanted to dive is, people normally say either Poor knight Islands or Fiordland. We decided to choose the Poor Knights and 9 divers from Christchurch meet at Auckland airport where we had arranged transport north to Russel. On our way north we […]

During 2019 I had the privilege of experiencing some amazing diving on the Great Barrier Reef. I spent six months diving at a few different outer reef locations, just off the coast of North Queensland. While diving there I saw a huge variety of underwater animals including several species of fish, turtles and even whales! The abundance of […]

At around 5pm on the 6 th of February in 1986 alarms sounded to let the passengers and crew know it was time to evacuate the MS Mikhail Lermontov. For 34 years this incredible cruise ship has been resting at the bottom of Port Gore in the Marlborough Sounds, and has become one of best (if not THE […]

Wellington has surprised me with its ability to provide Kai moana for Divers on a regular basis, I am still yet to come home empty handed. At the end of a few hours in the water I will have a few Butter fish, Paua and kina. Compared to diving in my home town (Dunedin), some […]

Vanuatu is quite well known in the diving world mainly because of the enormous wreck of the President Coolidge and Million Dollar Point. These are both on the largest island of Espiritu Santo so the other islands tend to get a little overlooked when it comes to scuba diving. Having spent 6 months working in […]

Sure, you have a certification card, but that doesn’t always mean you’re feeling ready to dive. Especially if you’ve been hanging at home for weeks at a time. If it has been awhile since your last dive, you may be in need of a PADI ReActivate scuba refresher program. Here are seven signs to look for. 1: […]

Dive HQ has had a presence in Auckland since the 90’s and has the good reputation of being the go-to store for great service, a fun experiences and an excellent safety record. As an Auckland Scuba Diving store we take trips, PADI dive courses and professional careers course field trips around the North Island We […]

Already an open water diver? Wanting to expand your diving skills and knowledge?  Or is it just the next logical step?  In this article we are going to go over some of the many reason why people decide to take the next step. Practice makes perfect. The Advanced Open Water Course is designed to build […]