The WWII Wrecks of Truk (Chuuk) Lagoon
June 24, 2019
Cargo ships, bomber aircraft & much more......
Truk Lagoon was high on my bucket list of must do dives. I’d pondered taking a group there but was under the impression that the dives were more for those into tech diving. So, when the opportunity presented itself for me to join an educational trip, I grabbed ...
Diving in the Philippines
June 21, 2019
From the Sardines of Moalboal to Whale Sharks of Oslob and finishing on Thresher Sharks of Malapascua...
Diving the regions around the busy island of Cebu proved rewarding for the group of 17 of us that travelled to the Philippines for the first week in June. Air Philippines operate a direct flight to Manila where you catch your connecting flight to Cebu.
Kasai Vil...
Fiordland - Diving NZ's Remotest Coastline
March 28, 2019
Diving with Fiordland Expeditions
It was 12 very excited blokes who departed Auckland to head off for one of those “bucket list” trips that we all really really want to do one day – Fiordland! Probably the remotest, most untampered with part of New Zealand. Extraordinary scenic beauty – b...
Tuia 250 - Celebration of Cooks Visit 1769
February 7, 2019
Come and join our community in this historic event
This year remember to mark 18 - 20 October in your calendar to acknowledge and celebrate the official Tuia 250 commemoration on the Coromandel with Te Pōwhiri, which recognises the welcome from local iwi Ngati Hei and Ngati Whanaunga to Captain Cook and his crew’s arrival...
Taveuni Island, Fiji with Dive Zone Whitianga
October 22, 2018
Diving Rainbow Reef & The Great White Wall
Dive Holidays with a group of other keen divers has always proved to us to be a great holiday. This year's trip was no exception. Having taken a number of other trips to different parts of Fiji and found that Fiji always offers up a great holiday and dive destina...
Diving the Philippines
October 22, 2018
A destination waiting for you to discover.....
Dive holidays are always great and it was an amazing opportunity that presented itself – to be taken and shown some of the epic diving to be had in the Philippines! Ian of Allways Dive Expeditions, Australia invited us to join this trip with a num...
Summer Is Coming!!!
October 1, 2018
Get Your Gear Ready! Summer is nearly here.
And it is that time of year to get in nice and early and arrange for your yearly servicing of any equipment. If left until summer time it’s likely to experience delays due to increased demand in the service department. So get into it now!
Your BCD’s & regulators are equi...
Pest Free Great Mercury Island
January 30, 2018
Boaties Help Needed to Keep Great Mercury Island Pest Free
I was lucky enough to be invited to join the Moehau Environment Group (a long established group who work with predator control in the northern Coromandel Peninsula) on one of their walks across part of Great Mercury Island along with Pete Corson of Department of Conservation...