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 [...]
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 [...]
Tash’s first ever open water dive was in a freezing cold quarry in the UK 10 years ago. University seemed like the place to start and since then she’s dived in some more tropical waters and finds New Zealand’s a good balance between the cold and not so cold!! Tash is highly identifiable underwater with [...]
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 [...]
