OUR FACILITY Retail shop and Career development center
DIVE TRIPS
DIVE SHOP
DIVE TRAINING
Award winning - Dive center, nestled in the beautiful Coromandel Peninsula
Our Services
Tank testing & filling
Regulator & BCD Servicing
Full dive gear hire including tanks
A huge range of dive products in store
Recreational & NZQA accredited Dive Training
Start your diving career
Become a PADI dive instructor !
NOW enrolling for August 2025!
Our DIPSI course 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!
PADI SCUBA DIVING COURSES
From beginner Open Water Diver to Rescue Diver and beyond !
PADI FREEDIVING COURSES
Interested in Freediving? Join Dive Zone Whitianga for quality Free diving courses in the stunning Coromandel Peninsula.
LOCAL DIVE TRIPS
Lets go diving!
Mercury Bay is the ideal gateway to all that the Eastern Coromandel has to offer. Within an hour of scenic boat travel from Whitianga there are miles of diveable coastline to explore, over 30 islands including the Mercury Islands and Aldermen Islands groups, Te Whanganui-a-Hei Marine Reserve, as well as countless rocks, pinnacles, and bays. New Zealand diving is some of the best in the world. Mercury Bay offers some of the best diving in New Zealand.
Let us show you our backyard!
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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
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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