Dive HQ’s Monthly Review – December






Welcome to the silly season  However you plan on celebrating this summer we hope you have fun, enjoy time with friends and whanau and of course get to go diving! Claire would like to thank you all for your support this year it is truly appreciated and she looks forward to seeing you all again in […]

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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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 Pete’s MSDT Journey






Master Scuba Diver Trainer, or MSDT, is a rating that PADI Open Water Scuba Instructors can apply for after reaching certain milestones. Specifically, an instructor has to be able to teach five specialty courses, as well having certified 25 PADI divers. It’s an extra step above the first instructor rating, which shows that an instructor […]

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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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