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 […]
Tertiary Dive Course
White Island 2017
What an awesome trip!! The long drive to Whakatane was sooo worth it. First off, the company was epic from the start. We came from all different walks of life. We all met at the accommodation the night before our dive to get the details sorted. The next morning, we met the skipper Grant at […]
A Dive Master’s First Guided Dive
It was a decidedly different experience packing the truck not only for myself, but for four other divers I would be in charge of that day. I was slightly nervous but definitely excited as I loaded gear, running through all I had learned over the past few weeks about group management, guiding divers and all […]
Taupo Tertiary Trip May 2015
“May the Forth be with you” Claire’s parting words as we left for Lake Taupo for the week. The guys were all very excited about diving for a whole week. After we arrived, unpacked, and got dinner sorted. We headed off the guys loved their first experience of fresh water diving, dropping quickly to just […]