{"id":3223,"date":"2023-04-02T19:58:44","date_gmt":"2023-04-02T07:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/?p=3223"},"modified":"2023-05-29T15:40:32","modified_gmt":"2023-05-29T03:40:32","slug":"introducing-max","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/2023\/04\/02\/introducing-max\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Max"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hey! My name is Max Te Moananui, and I have just joined the team at Dive HQ! A little about me; I am Wellington born and raised, through and through, growing up on the Kapiti Coast and have always been fascinated with the ocean. I spent a lot of days at the beach, snorkeling or surfing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I first got into scuba diving when I was 13 years old, obtaining my PADI Junior Open Water Diver certification. Since then, I dived on and off before deciding to take my level five Diploma Instructor course in 2022. I was contemplating spending the year in Wellington, but I decided I was too much of a wuss about the cold, and completed the course up in sunny Whitianga, racking up just over one hundred additional dives during those ten months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My best dive was at a spot called the bookshelf up in Whitianga. It was a beautiful sunny day, the deep water teeming with schools of Blue & Pink Maomao, rays, octopuses and crayfish. We were given a “shelf” of sorts (hence, the name of the site) around the edges of a small island to explore, sixty plus metres of ocean stretching beneath our feet, and two tanks for two superb dives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I look forward to meeting you all on our club days and going on a dive with you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n