{"id":4252,"date":"2026-03-01T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/?p=4252"},"modified":"2026-03-04T17:54:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T04:54:45","slug":"monthly-newsletter-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/2026\/03\/01\/monthly-newsletter-march\/","title":{"rendered":"Monthly Newsletter &#8211; March"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Newsletter-Header.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"851\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Newsletter-Header.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Newsletter-Header.png 851w, https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Newsletter-Header-300x111.png 300w, https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Newsletter-Header-768x284.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 851px) 100vw, 851px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#x1f30a; Dive Club Wellington | What\u2019s On This Month<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What a month to forget &#8211; from the breakdown of Moa Point and the closing of the south coast for 3 weeks, to the storm that closed the pool and the shop for 24 hours and Claire breaking her leg we are glad&nbsp;February is over.<br><br>We have plenty of dives and activities planned for the month ahead including our first&nbsp;club&nbsp;<strong>Quiz Night<\/strong>&nbsp;for 2026&nbsp;on Tuesday 3rd,&nbsp;Freediving sea sessions&nbsp;on the 7th &amp; 14th&nbsp;with Tyla, and&nbsp;a <strong>Clean Up Dive <\/strong>on Sunday 22nd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#x1f93f; Upcoming Club Dives<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Please book a few days ahead<\/strong> so we can lock in gear and buddies.&nbsp;<br>&#x1f449; <a href=\"https:\/\/diveski.co.nz\/dive-trips\/upcoming-trip-dates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Check out the dive calendar here \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"736\" height=\"736\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/283195df98da6640d92ea0367b4ad306.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4254 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/283195df98da6640d92ea0367b4ad306.jpg 736w, https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/283195df98da6640d92ea0367b4ad306-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/283195df98da6640d92ea0367b4ad306-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>&#x1f37b; Dive Club Pub Quiz Night<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong>Sprig &amp; Fern, Petone!<\/strong><br>Come hang out with the crew for a fun quiz night<br>Tuesday 3rd March&nbsp;2026<br>$5 entry + raffle tickets (cash is king!)<br>Be there from 6pm (quiz starts at 7)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-image-fill-element\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"760\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Final-OK-1024x760.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4255 size-full\" style=\"object-position:50% 50%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Final-OK-1024x760.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Final-OK-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Final-OK-768x570.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Final-OK-1536x1139.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Final-OK.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>PADI Advanced Open Water Dive Course<\/strong><br>14th &amp; 15th of March<br>The best way to improve key dive skills, increase your confidence &amp; have fun underwater. Learn valuable skills including navigating a dive site, deep diving and use of a DSMB: perfect for trips around New Zealand &amp; the world\u00a0&#x1f30f;<br><a href=\"https:\/\/diveski.co.nz\/PADI-dive-courses\/PADI-advanced-open-water-diver\">https:\/\/diveski.co.nz\/PADI-dive-courses\/PADI-advanced-open-water-diver<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-image-fill-element\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"614\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/spearo-2-1024x614.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4256 size-full\" style=\"object-position:94% 17%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/spearo-2-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/spearo-2-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/spearo-2-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/spearo-2-1536x922.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/spearo-2.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>Freediving Workshops<\/strong><br>7th &amp; 14th March<br>Join Tyla for a hands-on freediving workshop focused on safe diving practices, skills development and sustainable kai moana collecting with a BBQ lunch. <br>$250 includes gear hire<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/887655777390686\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/887655777390686<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-image-fill-element\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Reef-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4257 size-full\" style=\"object-position:44% 13%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Reef-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Reef-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Reef-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Reef.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>Dive Club Trips<\/strong><br>Weekly &#8211; Thursdays &amp; Weekends<br><strong>Poor Knights: 2nd &#8211; 10th May<\/strong><br>$2200 + Travel, 14+ dives and includes a 3 Day Liveaboard <br><strong>Coromandel: 29th May &#8211; 1st June<\/strong><br>$1095 + Travel, 10+ dives and includes a 3 Day Liveaboard<br><a href=\"https:\/\/diveski.co.nz\/dive-trips\">https:\/\/diveski.co.nz\/dive-trips<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s the start of a new month and a new season as we haed into Autumn hoping for more settled weather and more dives.<\/p>\n<p>We have more dive courses, trips and club activities planned for the month ahead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4258,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66,68,3,4],"tags":[17,18,121,55,76],"class_list":["post-4252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-club-event","category-dive-course","category-dive-trips","category-general-interest","tag-dive-trip","tag-diving","tag-scuba","tag-wellington","tag-wellington-diving"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4252"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4261,"href":"https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4252\/revisions\/4261"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}