Stan (a young 60) and his son Bruce were having a “father son” holiday up in the Bay of Islands, Stan had shouted themselves a fishing trip the day before, so Bruce shouted a dive trip with us ~ but with a difference, it had to be a crayfish & scallop dive for his father. We [...]
Archive for October, 2008
Porpoise Dive, Stan & Bruce
Posted in Dive, diving in Paihia, diving in the bay of islands on October 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Porpoise dive , Rachel & Jon
Posted in Dive, Sightseeing, Underwater photography, diving in Paihia, diving in the bay of islands, tagged Add new tag, bay of islands, Diving Honeymoon, viz, Water Temp on October 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Rachel & Jon are another honeymooner couple, out from the UK, just having completed the PADI Open Water course in Taiwan, a dive on the Barrier in Australia so today they experienced New Zealand diving. the water temp is still sitting on 14 degress and the viz today was just about zero metres! That Algae [...]
Porpoise Dive & The “Boys Family”
Posted in Dive, Underwater photography, diving in Paihia, diving in the bay of islands, tagged Add new tag, PADI Bubble Maker, PADI Junior Open Water on October 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Both Monique (16) & Chris (14 who is taller than me!) Wanted to learn to dive. Monique so she could see what was down there – sadly, Monique was unable to complete the course but will be returning to finish at a later date. Chris wanted to learn so he could dive alongside his dad & get the [...]
Porpoise Dive & Duncan
Posted in Dive, Underwater photography, diving in Paihia, diving in the bay of islands, tagged Add new tag, Algae Bloom, PADI, Refresher, viz on October 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Duncan is over in New Zealand on his honemoon, so while Amy was horse trekking Duncan (being “allergic” to horses), decided to take a look at diving in New Zealand especially the Bay of Islands, by doing a Refresher Course after 2 years absence.
Sadly, viz wasn’t that good - 3 metres due to an Algae Bloom that’s [...]
