As a diver you know that your bottom time is limited due to the Nitrogen we absorb. When diving ~18 metres or shallower, you can stay for up to an hour if you have enough air. But go a little deeper and your bottom time is reduced dramatically. Well why not extend your bottom time […]
Technical Diving
Technical diving may include use of Twin Tanks or Sidemount Systems, Rebreathers, Cave or Wreck Diving and the use of mixed gases, Nitrox and Decompression Procedures.
Hollis F1 Fins – Monthly Madness Prize Draw
With a name Like F1 fins you would expect speed, efficiency and high-end performance – These fins deliver on all fronts! The Hollis F1 fins are made from a single piece of high strength industrial monoprene rubber. Basically, that means with no seams, no plastic and no joins the Hollis F1 Fins are as […]
Zeagle Onyx II Monthly Madness Prize Draw
The Zeagle Onyx II Regulator is an outstanding piece of kit that outperforms many in its class. The black chrome plated marine brass first stage regulator is a balanced diaphragm design which is inherently environmentally sealed. That means there is no risk of water, sand, salt or grit entering your first stage through the […]
COME WITH US AND DIVE THE LERMONTOV
Come dive the Mikhail Lermontov one of New Zealand’s most iconic wrecks, just a quick hop over Cook Straight and staying at the Go Dive lodge. We will be heading over the afternoon of Thursday 25th April (ANZAC Day) diving Friday, Saturday and Sunday morning coming back to Wellington on the 6pm ferry. This […]
How To Choose a Dive Site
Choosing the right dive site for the day is the number one way to make or break a day of diving. Every diver out there would probably agree that choosing the best dive site gets easier with experience, but very rarely does anyone explain what to consider in choosing a site. For me there are […]
Hollis Prism2 Rebreather
Only last month I mentioned blowing bubbles and then my new Hollis Prism2 Rebreather arrived and my dive course was scheduled for the 18th of June. Before I knew it I was up in Taupo diving without bubbles (except on ascent of course!) Before that could happen however I (the […]
Where’s My Buddy?!
Lost buddy procedure Twelve meters deep, fifteen minutes into a dive and you lose your dive buddy. What do you do? The lost buddy procedure is something that we all learnt as Open Water Divers but does everyone understand what, why, when and how this is done? Wellington’s conditions can be tough, and with limited […]
Enriched Air Nitrox
Although Nitrox has been used inrecreational diving for almost 25 years, it is still often misunderstood. As an instructor, I’ve found myself correcting countless students who are under the impression that Nitrox enables a person to dive deeper than normal air — this is just one of the common misconceptions about Nitrox diving. Although specific […]
Sidemount Diving
Sidemount diving has been around for a long time. It has always been used in the secretive world of the extreme cave and wreck explorers, allowing them to get into tighter restrictions inaccessible to back mounted divers. Nowadays sidemount is becoming popular with open water diving for several reasons. […]
Hollis Explorer Rebreather
Rebreathers are making headway into mainstream diving and the Hollis Explorer is perfectly designed with the recreational diver in mind. The Explorer is an electronic semi-closed rebreather (eSCR) an intelligent hybrid that is compact, lightweight and extremely easy to use. The Explorer is unique in using a single gas blend of 32-40% Nitrox is electronically controlled to […]