I have done most watersports (wake boarding, surfing, wind surfing, swimming, snorkeling and spearfishing) and I have always wanted to learn to dive. So from the first Open Water dive, I was totally hooked and this year has pretty much seen me completing a life long dream. I have spent almost more time in the [...]
Originally from Cheshire, England. Phil’s first diving exploits took place on a 3-day crash course on holiday in Tenerife in the eighties.. He didn’t dive again until he came to New Zealand in 2003, mainly because he said the water was too cold ! Since arriving in New Zealand he has completed 10 PADI courses; [...]
I’m Jack! My passion for the water began early – and at the tender age of 7, I proclaimed that I wished to become a Marine Biologist. My love of the oceans was cemented when I did my Open Water course at 16 and then Advanced Open Water at 17. True to my word, I [...]
Hi guys, I am Bronson. I have been out fishing and on the water since I was about 5 and it was my childhood dream to leave to dive. I am from South Africa – the warm part – and I entered the South African Navy. Unfortunately an admin mixup and a problem with timing [...]
Originally hailing from Derbyshire in the UK, Lee’s early diving experiences were conducted in the (in) famous Stoney Cove!! Lee is known for his dry sense of humour and ability to make a great cup of Tea!! Lee likes everything about the year 1990. He drives a car from that year, wears clothes from that [...]
Leigh did his first Discover Scuba Dive in Fiji about 3 years ago and got hooked immediately. So hooked in fact that he did the Discover Scuba twice! Within a couple of weeks, I had signed up for my Open Water course and none other than Andrew (in a previous workplace) set me up with [...]
I swam my first length of a pool before I was five, I snorkeled, water-skied, competed in water polo, and then I learned to dive. They used to call me a water baby….and I still get to live like one. In 2001 I took an Open Water course before heading off around the world…and I [...]
Lindsay had been hearing a lot about scuba diving from a couple of his friends. They’d gotten into it in a big way, and had been encouraging him to give it a go. So when he was travelling back to New Zealand, and passed through Koh Tao, he decided to give it a go. Arriving [...]
