Dive site review and images by Tom Crisp The Rainbow Warrior is easily one of New Zealands top dive sites (it was recently rated in the Lonely Planets top 10 dive sites in the world!). The history behind the wreck gives this dive a real moody atmosphere. The wreck itself has done Greenpeace proud as [...]
Dive Site Review by Deralie Flower Above water images by Deralie Flower Under water image by Andrew Simpson Back in December, on a Monday that was my first day of being underemployed, I headed out to Tairua to dive the 36 Reef. So-named because the top of the reef is at 36m. This site is [...]
We talk about dive sites and which ways to go. We talk about the marine life and what there is to see. We talk about dive gear and the pieces and configurations that we recommend. We don’t often talk about what a trip or a course is like from the instructors perspective. Tara and Simon [...]
Dive site review by Anna Clague Photos by Andrew Simpson This is a great site with depth ranges to suit all ability of diver, from beginner to tech and all the levels in between. This site is on the seaward side of the Poor Knights Islands. Cave bay tumbles down over boulders from a nice shallow [...]
Shore dive Sheltered sandy bottomed bay has a rocky reef out crop on the left of the bay with a channel between this and the island. Assess the conditions from the top of the hill to the left of the beach above the children’s playground. From this vantage point you will be able to see [...]
Dive Site Review by Deralie Flower There are some dive sites that I just enjoy going back to again and again and again – Middle Arch at the Poor Knights’ Marine Reserve is one of those sites. For me, Middle Arch has it all – I have never had a disappointing dive at Middle Arch! One [...]
Yep we are definitely going back. Such a great time was had by everyone who went last year we decided there and then that we would be back in 2013! Fiji September 2013 If you want to see what the diving is like just check out our Fiji 2012 trip book at the dive [...]
By Deralie Flower Once upon a time, there was a merry little team of three divers who decided to go on a little adventure to Truk Lagoon. A little bit of research into the type of diving they’d be doing, and they got a bit keen to see the deep wrecks – without being narked [...]
Dive Site Review by Tom Crisp Blue creek is a challenging dive, which requires highly advanced training, preparation and a good team. Logistically this is the hardest dive I have done to date. Blue creek resurgence is a cave dive situated in Tapawera Nelson. To get to the site takes a long drive from Nelson [...]
So we have been teasing you all for the past couple of months by hinting that our 2013 trips list would include Sipadan. Well here it is folks! From the 30 June to the 8th July we will be staying in a resort set on stilts 2 meters above the reef with up to 3 boat dives daily and unlimited house reef [...]
