The name says it all really – this club dive trip to Northland was designed to explore the local wrecks and reef with dives planned for the Rainbow Warrior, Canterbury and Waikato Wrecks as well as a couple of dives at the Poor Knights. I was excited […]
Marine Life
Find out more about our local marine life and other fascinating sea creatures.
Galapagos Trip 2017- Part 2
Well our club has returned from an epic excursion to the Galapagos Islands, 1000km off the coast of Ecuador. After exploring San Cristobal we excitedly boarded the Galapagos Master after locating our rooms we headed downstairs for our orientation and safety briefings. Not long after that we were finding our spaces on the dive deck […]
Galapagos Trip 2017- Part 1
WOW! What an experience that was. For most of us the Galapagos is the destination of a lifetime and the islands did not disappoint. We arrived in Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, San Christobal, captital of the Galapagos Province after days of travelling. Our first walk along the water front reminded us […]
Scallop Season 2017
With the scallop season opening on Saturday 15th of July in Wellington (Central Region) it is important that we understand the regulations and the safety issues involved for divers in gathering scallops. These regulations do vary around the country so please check before you go diving and note that the Malbourough Sounds (Challenger Region) is closed […]
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 […]
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 […]
Scallops
Scallops (Pecten Novaezealandiae) Scallops, common name ‘The New Zealand Scallop’, is a bivalve mollusc of the family Pectinidee, the scallops Pecten Novaezealandiae is a completely free-living, mobile and somewhat migratory. Scallops can swim with brief bursts of speed by clapping their shells together (Jet Propulsion) The two valves are asymmetric. The left valve is convex […]
Poor Knights – March 2014
Cyclone Lusi move over we are coming North! Not even the weather could dampen our spirits as we prepared for our live aboard trip to the Poor Knights with Oceanblue Adventures. While some chose to fly north the rest of us piled into the car and headed to Taupo for our first dives on the […]
NZ Shark Week
As part of NZ Shark Week Te Papa hosted some free presentations from our leading shark experts. We were initially given an overview of sharks – what are they, how are they identified and who are their close relatives? New Zealand has ~110 shark species, ~70 rays and ~ 12 chimeras (ghost sharks). The exact […]
Safari Lodge – Fiji 2013
Tomo went last year for the Dive HQ conference, our Divemaster Kim completed her internship here in January and so I felt I was missing out and planned our annual club dive trip with Safari Lodge at Nananu-i-ra Island Fiji. The adventure started with a direct flight to Nadi, a van ride north and an […]