This weekend – despite the yucky weather which saw the Poor Knights liveaboard trip cancelled – we had some brave students, divemasters and instructors hit Lake Pupuke for a PADI Open Water course. Congratulations to the team who stuck it out on Saturday and were rewarded with beautiful weather on Sunday.
Easter saw yet another fantastic trip to the Poor Knights, this time aboard Yukon Charters boat “Arrow”. Pete Mesley was completing his Advanced Trimix CCR Instructor certification with Legendary Rebreather instructor Mike Fowler from Canada. His first students – John, Jonathon and Global Dive’s Andrew – were completing their Advanced Trimix CCR diver certifications. Many [...]
Easter Weekend at the Poor Knights diving with Yukon Charters and Noel, Pauly and Jo. Diving: Pete, Mike, Skip, Andrew, Anna, John, Jane, Jonathan, Deirdre, Greg, Phil, Marty and me. I watched a lone diver in crystal clear water carrying what seemed to be a Kalashnikov machine gun. He looked up towards the surface and [...]
Trip Report : Poor Knights Photography Liveaboard by Tara Sutherland This weekend, I had the opportunity to spend the weekend at the Poor Knights Islands with a great group of people – and professional Photojournalist Richard Robinson. I was not feeling too sure of the results of my photographic efforts after flooding my camera and [...]
This last month saw more fantastic diving conditions, being especially kind for two separate photography trips. Firstly well done to Antoinette, Daniel and Julie for successfully completing their PADI Digital Underwater Specialty course with Andrew at the Poor Knights. The trip was a fantastic opportunity to put into practice some of the new techniques learned [...]
As we mentioned in last month’s newsletter, each year Project AWARE helps organise hundreds of thousands of volunteers from all over the world to reverse the damage done to our oceans by debris and litter. It was a great turnout last weekend – thanks to all those that got behind this really great cause. An [...]
Skirts in Scuba by Claire Byrne I moved to Auckland from England in February, and I knew that one of the first things I wanted to do in NZ was learn to dive. I started my PADI course straight away, and after a few hiccups (quite literally – for some reason I got really violent [...]
