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Dive Tips
Practical scuba diving tips from Dive HQ Wellington instructors. Improve your skills, safety, and confidence underwater.
Intro to Freediving Workshop: Building Skills, Safety, and Ocean Confidence
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.
Taking the Plunge: Why You’ll Love the PADI Advanced Open Water Course
We always talk about the adventure dives you complete on the course but more importantly we teach you how to think like an experienced diver.
Monthly Review – April 2025
What did Dive HQ Wellington get up to last month? Plenty of diving, our first quiz night of 2025 and Dive Club Wellington BBQ’s at the beach.
We also have more dives and courses planned for the month ahead.
My Journey to Becoming a Divemaster in New Zealand
One of our Divemaster Graduates, Holly, tells us how her love of diving & the dive community led her to do her divemaster qualification for personal growth.
Mask Colours
There are lots of things to consider when selecting a suitable colour. In this blog Max discusses why colour should be a consideration.
Snorkels- A Deep Dive
Changes to Paua Limits!
Dive Club Wellington October
Thinking about joining Dive Club Wellington – we think that’s a great idea. With lots of dive buddies, regular club dives, trips and other activities to keep you diving!
Monthly Review – August 2023
Dive Club Wellington has been busy celebrating the shop’s 18th birthday, diving and whale watching in Niue as well as club dives and training.
Importantly the MPI paua gathering limits changed this month.