We have recovered, repacked and have had time to reflect on the biggest dive event held in Wellington – The 24 Hour Dive Challenge! Now in its 4th year this event is designed to highlight the great work of the Wellington Volunteer Coastguard and to help raise funds to support their efforts. Held on […]
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Club Dive Day!
As one of my Dive Master events I was planning to run the Pajama Party Night Dive but after cancelling it again due to weather I ran a club dive day instead. We had a recreational diver joining us as Claire was running the Open Water Diver Course with her students. It was a sunny […]
A Dive Master’s First Guided Dive
It was a decidedly different experience packing the truck not only for myself, but for four other divers I would be in charge of that day. I was slightly nervous but definitely excited as I loaded gear, running through all I had learned over the past few weeks about group management, guiding divers and all […]
Keep New Zealand Beautiful Week
Seaview Marina 12/9/15 The objective of the day was to collect rubbish out of Seaview Marina for Keep NZ Beautiful Week and collect data to share with Project Aware. The day started with four seasons in one day. The crew arrived at Seaview Marina at 10am being welcome by rain hail and gusty winds. (Typical […]
Safari Lodge – Fiji
Our dive club decided to escape a Wellington Winter and head to sunnier climes in Fiji. A week at Safari Lodge on Nananu-i-Ra Island was just what we needed. Over the week we completed 13 dives in the Bligh Strait and Vatu -i Ra Passage. Our divers experienced their first tropical dives, first boat and deep […]
Happy 10th Birthday!
On Saturday the 1st of August 2015, we celebrated Dive & Ski HQ’s 10th Birthday! The event was held at Princess bay on Wellingtons South Coast. The conditions were near perfect with moderate Northerly winds, half metre swells and even a bit of sunshine! We had a good turnout with about 14 people joining us […]
Careers Expo
Do you know what you want to do as a career? The students from Hutt Valley High School have a better idea after their Careers Expo yesterday. A wide variety of Universities, Polytechs and Private Training Establishments (PTE’s) including Dive HQ attended the event. This event gave the students […]
Evans Bay Beach & Underwater Clean Up
Saturday 11th July 2015 Sea Shepard Wellington organises monthly clean ups of the beach at Evans Bay in Wellington and Dive & Ski HQ Petone like to get involved in them as often as possible. Although only a few divers had put their hands up to get involved in the event there were many people helping to […]
Friends for Sharks Event
Late last year we received an email from a new shark and marine conservation cause, Friends for Sharks, offering us a free talk about sharks as part of their world tour. “Friends for Sharks is a marine conservation cause working to support charities and increase worldwide awareness of the plight of sharks” Friends for Sharks […]
MAANZ Shipwreck Show & Tell
MAANZ – Maritime Archaeological Association of New Zealand A group of shipwreck enthusiasts gathered at the City & Sea Museum last week to hear about NZ wrecks and learn about some of the artifacts that have been recovered from them. The presentation started with an overview of some of our oldest wrecks, including […]