Dive HQ’s Monthly Review – August






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.






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 Key SCUBA Skills

2 PADI Open Water Divers performing their pre-dive safety check






We wanted to highlight some of the key skills in scuba diving, and how to achieve mastery of them. There’s a lot to think about while you dive, but we’ve outlined 3 skills that we believe to be the most important, starting off before you even get into the water:
Pre-dive communication
Equalising
Buoyancy Control.






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 What happens in an IDC?






What does it take to become a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor?
What can you expect to cover during your PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC). From dive theory and standards to teaching skills in the class room and underwater. Learn what Max went through on his IDC.






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 Welcome back! (finally)






After some major technical issues we are back online and ready to post some blogs. Our only issue now is finding some topics to write about – we are way too late to recap the year that was and who really wants to focus back on 2022? & 2 months in it’s too late to […]

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 Shearwater Dive Computers






The best thing about Shearwater Dive Computers is that while they are very technologically advanced they are intuitive to read and very easy to use. They support Bluetooth connectivity for ease of dive logging, wireless charging and offer great screen customisation to show the information you require for your dives – you can even pick […]

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