Discover what scuba diving is, how PADI certification works, and how to earn your scuba diving certification with Dive HQ Wellington. Start your underwater adventure today. Have you ever wondered what it’s like to breathe underwater? To glide effortlessly through forests of kelp, discover hidden reefs, or come face-to-face with curious marine life? Scuba diving […]
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Exploring the world with Dive HQ this August.
Dive Club Wellington’s monthly update with our latest club activities including dives (obviously) quizzes and some exciting upcoming trips.
Claire has just returned from the Great Barrier Reef – it was so good she has booked another trip.
Meet Phoebe – Our Newest (& Youngest!) Instructor
If you’ve been diving with Dive HQ Wellington over the past six months, there’s a good chance you’ll already recognise me. I’ve been around the shop, helping out, learning the ropes, teaching courses and spending as much time in the water as possible. Now I’m excited to officially introduce myself as one of your instructors! […]
Join Dive HQ Wellington this July
🌊 Dive Club Wellington | What’s On This Month After another wet & wild weekend here in Wellington we are pleased to see some sunshine. Our club divers have been out exploring & our newest PADI Open Water Divers had an epic encounter with an inquisitive octopus. A reminder, especially after the heavy rains, that the Wellington […]
Kau Bay Bioblitz
🌊 Kau Point Bioblitz Discover the biodiversity of Te Whanganui-a-Tara / Wellington Harbour. A BioBlitz is an intense short-term event where scientists, volunteers, and community members work together to identify as many species (plants, animals, fungi) as possible within a specific local area. It acts as a rapid assessment of biodiversity to engage the public with nature and provide valuable, […]
Intro to Freediving Workshop: Building Skills, Safety, and Ocean Confidence
Keen divers joined Tyla over the weekend for an Intro to Freediving Workshop in Wellington. Starting with learning the foundations of freediving safety, gear, breath-hold techniques and the buddy system, before heading into the water to put it all into practice.
The workshop also covered sustainable kaimoana harvesting, species awareness, and the importance of marine reserves.
Monthly Newsletter – March 2026
It’s the start of a new month and a new season as we haed into Autumn hoping for more settled weather and more dives.
We have more dive courses, trips and club activities planned for the month ahead.
Taking the Plunge: Why You’ll Love the PADI Advanced Open Water Course
We always talk about the adventure dives you complete on the course but more importantly we teach you how to think like an experienced diver.
Monthly Review – November 2025
Octobers weather was a little wild so diving was quiet but we are planning more club trips, boat dives and other activities for our divers for November and 2026
Meet Maureen – Our Newest (casual) Instructor at Dive HQ!
Bonjour! My name is Maureen, I’m excited to have joined the Dive HQ team and share my love for the ocean with this community. Originally from France, I moved to New Zealand 11 years ago, with a background in UX Design. I discovered diving at 17 years old in Corsica, dived in many places around […]