We have been busy diving around Wellington and down in the sounds.
There are plenty of other dives and activities planned for the month ahead so we hope to see you soon.
Dive HQ’s Monthly Review – January
Wreck Diving
Diving on our local, national and international wrecks
Waikawa Bay
Our club divers enjoyed their trip with Waikawa Dive to explore 5 wrecks and the Marlborough Sounds.
The Wrecks of Owhiro Bay
Two wrecks sank on the same day in March 1874.
Little remains to be seen of these historic wrecks but with a little insight and local knowledge you can explore the wreckage at Owhiro Bay
Wrecks & Reefs
One of our most popular club trips dives the Rainbow Warrior and Canterbury Wrecks and the reefs around the Cavelli and Poor Knights Islands.
Road Trip!
Who doesn’t love a good road trip – especially when you are headed north to the world famous dive site – the Poor Knights! Four of us cruised up to Taupo to dive Accacia Bay, nice and warm, with 18 degrees down at 20m. The next day we headed to Goat Island, with the rest […]
Loutish Lermontov Loons
The Dive HQ Loutish Loons’ Ludicrous Labour Weekend Lermentov Larks Led by the formidable Paddy Punters: Dave, Dave, Paul, Grant, Chris, Andre, Judy Friday afternoon and one overloaded truck and seven keen bean divers embarked onto the delayed Interislander bound for the Mainland. Some beers and wine were imbibed during a remarkably tranquil crossing of […]
Wrecks & Reefs Trip
After several failed attempts to head north this year we took advantage of direct flights to Kerikeri for a weekend of diving in the Bay of Islands. Craig from Paihia Dive collected us from the airport and after a quick game of Tetris with 8 divers and 16+ bags we were off to Paihia where […]
Sounds Awesome – travels through Dusky, Breaksea & Doubtful Sounds
Twelve intrepid punters departed Level 2 Wellington for the freedoms of COVID – free, wifi – free and cellphone coverage-less Fiordland for an incomparable adventure of epic proportions. Reconvening at Queenstown airport, it was all aboard the minibus for Te Anau. Dinner at the Moose restaurant in Te Anau was as close to an elusive […]
Club Trip – Palau 2019
I was excited to finally heading back to Palau! Where’s that you ask? Micronesia is the answer but perhaps not so helpful. Palau consists of over 300 islands surrounded by a fringing reef making it an ideal dive destination. Flying to Palau involves flying north to Taiwan and then a 4 hour flight south again […]
The hunt for an unknown wreck!
After Christmas lunch, sitting around and relaxing; the subject of an unknown wreck pricked the ears of the divers in the room. “Grandad’ was bought up and later worked around Terawhiti Station, near Red Rocks and used to snorkel a wreck in that area. The wreck of the SS Penguin was mentioned but the location […]