We are a relaxed bunch of divers that love getting out for a dive. We get out diving pretty much every week all year round. We are happy for new divers to join us and plan our dives accordingly. We also get out and do other activities like getting together for dinner, hiring cabins, camping or getting out for a hike.
We have active PADI instructors who enjoy teaching... our training is suited more to those who want to learn at a more relaxed pace and do as many dives as necessary to feel confident in our local conditions. After you have trained we encourage you to come along to club dives and consolidate your skills.
Members of the club have been involved in cleaning up the local coastal and marine environment for over a decade. We have our favourite spots but will give anywhere a go.
We want to make marine reserve boundaries easy to identify so those who go looking for a feed can respect understand where the boundaries are and protect the marine reserves for future generations.
Every month we get out and do a clean up. We get out there and remove whatever we can. Part of the process is to ensure as many critters get put back in the ocean. We also bag and count what we remove from the ocean.
Wellington Harbour has an amazing array of life in it and is a nursery for several species. The harbour is an excellent spot for night diving with a number of species easy to spot at night and on a good the day phosphoresence is amazing!
There is an amazing array of life around White Island and the Volkner Rocks. It is bathed in the warm East Auckland Current that show all the species you would see futher north at the Poor Knights and more. The Volkner Rocks are a marine reserve, unfortunatley I have seen poachers there every time I have visited.
The Poor Knights marine reserve is the most famous marine reserve in New Zealand. There is an amazing array of life in a place where 15m viz is considered poor.