On Friday the 10th of May this year I attended the first ever New Zealand TeCFest. By June 30 just seven weeks later I was certified on my own closed circuit rebreather. Claire has asked me to write a few paragraphs about how this all came about so here goes. Prior to TecFest I was […]
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A week diving and exploring the Mikhail Lermontov…
Laying in Port Gore in the Marlborough sounds is a wreck like no other. Sitting in 36m of water, you can find the resting place of the 176m cruise liner the Mikhail Lermontov, the largest wreck in the Southern Hemisphere. The Lermontov sank on the 16th February 1986, from damage sustained to its port side […]
The Mary Rose
Recently in the news with a new purpose built museum in Portsmouth, England; the Mary Rose is an amazing time capsule of its time.< Built for King Henry VIII between 1509-1511 she sunk during a battle with French in 1545. King Henry VIII watched his ship sink in Portsmouth Harbour in 14m of water from […]
TecFest 2013
Tec Fest 2013: 10th – 12th May Late last year Brent McFadden sent me an email with an idea that he had been mulling on for some time. This idea grew into the inaugural TecFest event held at Motutere, Lake Taupo last weekend. Divers from all around the country were invited to attend presentations, complete […]
Exploration Dive
I had been out of the water for way too long! 8 weeks to the day in fact so I was looking forward to heading back underwater to take photos and blow bubbles. The weather was on my side as we headed out to Elsdon Pipe on the South Coast. This site is not as […]
Advanced Nitrox and Decompression Procedures
Can you ever learn enough about diving? I don’t think so, so I decided to take a move to the dark side – the era of long hoses and dressed all in black – and something to do with a Blue “H”. What was I letting myself in for? After my divemaster training I thought […]
Sidemount Diving – Not just for technical but fun as!
Firstly I have to pique your interest – Who is sidemount diving for? YOU! It doesnt have to be for the uber wreck diver or the tec cave diver, it can be for you! Honestly, who hasn’t wanted to spend more time down there on that perfect dive during the summer we have just had. […]
Advanced Wreck Diving
Advanced Wreck and Why I Continue to Train – Pete Humphris It’s about a week since I have completed my latest course as a student, Advanced Wreck, with Jamie from TechDiveNZ. The course was conducted over a few days on the wrecks of the Waikato and the Canterbury. We actually only had one dive on […]
Napier Trip 2013
So this year we headed up to the aquarium, the difference Me the newbie Instructor was running it! Really Claire you trust me to run a trip??? On top of that we had our littlest club mascots Emma and Caitlin joining us and Barbara joining us for an intro dive with the sharks! So needless […]
Life as a Young Diver – Emma
The reson why I started diving was that my Mum and Dad had come home with pictures of them surrounded by fish, I was of the opinion that I need to do that! They looked like they had fun so I imagined myself in amongest all the fish. My first Open Water dive was sceary, […]