Global Dive customer Glenn Smith has sent us an example of what you can shoot with a YSo2 strobe Strobe Review by Tom Crisp Usually I am the diver in front of the camera, posing for photographers, recently this has changed. In July I took the plunge and bought my first camera. After all, we [...]
Steve Richards and Starfish at the Mercury Islands / Photograph by Tom Crisp
The date is set: Saturday 20 August 2011 The location is set: The Pumphouse, Lake Pupuke Teams of 4 will be competing for the trophy and the title (and bragging rights) of “2011 Underwater Olympics Champions”. Last years event was a lot of fun – for spectators and competitors alike – and gave us lots [...]
In May 2011 we hosted our first “Dive Club Night Quiz”. Congratulations to the winning team! You’ve been asking for the questions – and the answers – so here they are …. What is the scientific name of this nudibranch … (to the right) Aphelodoris Luctuosa How many hearts does an Octopus have -1, 2, [...]
I followed a boy into diving. That was so long ago it must have been in a previous life. The boy didn’t last but over the last few years I built up quite a relationship with my friendly neighbourhood dive shop. I am enthralled by what happens in nature when you take away gravity and [...]
Global Dive is pleased to announce that we are now an authorised dealer for Shearwater computers. These high tech dive computers have steadily become the first choice for serious technical divers all over the world. I (Andrew) was lucky enough to test dive a Predator late last year when New Zealand Shearwater representative Paul Trainor [...]
Deralie has wanted to learn to dive ever since snorkelling in Aitutaki in 1998: the deep, blue, clear water was just so inviting, the fish were so pretty, and the divers looked so adventurous. Eleven years later she finally did her Open Water course whilst working in Whangarei. She was convinced during her Confined Water [...]
Sidemount BCD - Article by Tom Crisp While some technical divers like the idea of diving with a lot of equipment others opt for the minimalistic approach, both are valid in their own way as there is no one way to dive. The sidemount BCD utilizes the minimal approach much like the DIR and hogarthian concepts, “less [...]
I grew up 10m from the ocean and was frequently lulled to sleep by the sounds of southern right whales playing in the sea across the road from my bedroom window; I spent many hours snorkeling over the reefs near my house looking for them. When I moved to New Zealand 15 years ago I [...]
