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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 dives that she was too short, too unfit, the equipment was too heavy, and that this was all a bad idea. After Open Water dives 3rd and 4th dives at the Poor Knights she was hooked.
Someone suggested getting a camera, from Global Dive no less, and the rest is history.
She still can’t quite figure out how (in less than a year) she ended up doing her Advanced Open Water, four specialities, Rescue, started Divemaster and now technical diving courses, when she only ever intended to do an Open Water course so she could go diving a few times a year. In summer. For crayfish and scallops.
First dry suit dive! / Photograph by Jo Thomson
She still hasn’t hunted or gathered anything.
She holds a certain blond instructor at least partially responsible for her current state of dive addiction.
Deralie’s official occupation is an obstetrician / gynaecologist, but she has developed an interest in treating seasickness and other dive calamities.
Her poor work colleagues have learnt to nod politely and appear interested during her Monday morning rave about her latest diving adventures. She can be identified by her large orange first aid kit (well, suitcase), newly acquired shiny yellow twins and red Mares fins.
Deralie would like to be reincarnated as a nudibranch at the Poor Knights: pretty, toxic, lives on its food source, crawls only short distances, only annoyance is the occasional crazy macro photographer.
Sounds pretty good don’t you think?
