Meet Phoebe – Our Newest (& Youngest!) Instructor

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If you’ve been diving with Dive HQ Wellington over the past six months, there’s a good chance you’ll already recognise me. I’ve been around the shop, helping out, learning the ropes, teaching courses and spending as much time in the water as possible. Now I’m excited to officially introduce myself as one of your instructors! […]

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 Join Dive HQ Wellington this July






🌊 Dive Club Wellington | What’s On This Month After another wet & wild weekend here in Wellington we are pleased to see some sunshine. Our club divers have been out exploring & our newest PADI Open Water Divers had an epic encounter with an inquisitive octopus. A reminder, especially after the heavy rains, that the Wellington […]

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 Monthly Newsletter – April 2026






🌊 Dive Club Wellington | What’s On This Month March kept us busy with a range of Open Water & Advanced Open Water courses, a couple of Freediving events, private guided dives and of course our club divers were out fun diving and participating in other club activities. We have plenty of dives and activities […]

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 Kau Bay Bioblitz






🌊 Kau Point Bioblitz   Discover the biodiversity of Te Whanganui-a-Tara / Wellington Harbour. A BioBlitz is an intense short-term event where scientists, volunteers, and community members work together to identify as many species (plants, animals, fungi) as possible within a specific local area. It acts as a rapid assessment of biodiversity to engage the public with nature and provide valuable, […]

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 Intro to Freediving Workshop: Building Skills, Safety, and Ocean Confidence

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Keen divers joined Tyla over the weekend for an Intro to Freediving Workshop in Wellington. Starting with learning the foundations of freediving safety, gear, breath-hold techniques and the buddy system, before heading into the water to put it all into practice.

The workshop also covered sustainable kaimoana harvesting, species awareness, and the importance of marine reserves.






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 Meet Maureen – Our Newest (casual) Instructor at Dive HQ!






Bonjour! My name is Maureen, I’m excited to have joined the Dive HQ team and share my love for the ocean with this community. Originally from France, I moved to New Zealand 11 years ago, with a background in UX Design. I discovered diving at 17 years old in Corsica, dived in many places around […]

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