OUR FACILITY Retail shop and Career development center
Award winning Dive Center having trained over 13,000 dive certifications including over 2500 at PADI professional levels. We have quick access to world class dive sites from the Mercury Island Group to the Aldermen Islands and everything in between including the Marine Reserve and Cathedral Cove. Catering for learn to dive through to experienced divers. Located on the east coast of the stunning Coromandel Peninsula in the town of Whitianga where plentiful restaurants, fantastic hot pools (The Lost Spring) and great shopping can be found.
We operate all year-round teaching PADI courses, taking divers to our many dive sites or looking after your dive gear.
Welcome to NZ's favourite dive shop!
Get the best equipment & advice from our experienced crew at our dive store.
Operating for over 20 years - we are proudly local and have in-depth knowledge of where we call home....
Extensive dive equipment for sale and hire
PADI Recreational Dive Training
PADI Career Dive Instructor Training
Dive tank testing and servicing
Dive equipment servicing
Dive trips on our purpose built dive boats
Workplace First Aid Training
Start your dive career
Become a PADI Dive Instructor !
NOW enrolling for
February 2027 & August 2027 Intakes!
Our Diploma programme sees graduates prepared to enter the dive industry with internationally recognized qualifications desired by employers all over the world! New Zealand diving is just the beginning. See why Dive Zone Whitianga is the best place to kickstart your underwater adventures!
Train at NZ's biggest dive training facility and enjoy the benefits of diving from purpose built dive boats or stunning beach shore dive locations, quality dive gear and world class dive sites.
DIVE SHOP
Our extensive retail shop stocks all the equipment required to meet your SCUBA, snorkel, & freediving needs.
Ocean ambassadors
We are so proud to be ambassadors of the sea and strive to do everything we can to protect our oceans and educate other divers to do the same.
By following the Tiaki Promise, you are making a commitment to New Zealand.
To act as a guardian, protecting and preserving our home.
Sea Floor Clean Ups
Otama Beach Dune Planting
The PADI 5 Star Career Development Center (CDC) classification is awarded to PADI Five Star Instructor Development Centers that dedicate their businesses to professional development for dive instructors. These dive shops meet the highest requirements for training PADI Professionals and offer career-oriented programs to prepare scuba diving professionals for employment in the dive industry.
We have two of our own in-house PADI Course Director's - Darrell Bird & Ryan Hansen.
We are proud to be the only store at this level in the North Island.
The Health and Safety at Work (Adventure Activities) Regulations 2016 deal with the provision of adventure activities and this Act requires Dive Operators to be audited and meet safety standards set. A Qualworx certification shows that your organisation has met the highest standard of safety in the adventure activities industry. Dive Zone Whitianga is the only Adventure Activity Safety Audit Certified Dive Operator in Whitianga.
Other Dive Zone Locations:
Dive Zone Bay of Islands
Dive Zone Tauranga
Dive Zone HQ
Academy of Diving Trust is registered with NZQA as a Private Training Establishment and serves as a key tertiary provider, delivering skilled graduates to meet the economic, social, and cultural needs of marine, aquatic, outdoor, and recreational sectors and has approval to subcontract to Dive Zone Whitianga.
OPENING HOURS
8.00AM - 5.00PM Sunday - Thursday
8.00AM - 6.00PM Friday - Saturday
Summer Hours: 7am to 7pm - 7 days between Boxing Day and Auckland Anniversary Weekend
Contact us:
Dive Zone Whitianga:
Ph 07-8671580
info@divethecoromandel.co.nz
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