Ian is up in the BOI from Hamilton, having a holiday with his sister Kirsty & her friend who are over in New Zealand on holiday, while here in the BOI, Emily & Kirsty decided to complete their Advanced Open Water specialties, and Ian asked us about a Discover Scuba Dive.
Congratulations Emily & Kirsty on [...]
Archive for December, 2008
Porpoise Dive, Emily, Kirsty & Ian
Posted in Dive, Sightseeing, Underwater photography, Wreck, diving in Paihia, diving in the bay of islands, tagged Underwater photography, Wreck Diving, Discover Scuba Diving, diving in the bay of islands, Families Diving together, HMNZS Canterbury on December 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Porpoise Dive & the “Boys Reunion”
Posted in Dive, Underwater photography, Wreck, diving in Paihia, diving in the bay of islands, tagged Diving, Underwater photography, Wreck Diving, bay of islands, diving in the bay of islands, HMNZS Canterbury on December 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We had an exciting day ahead, Steve phoned saying his friend Andrew who lives in Auckland was coming up to the BOI with his father (out on holiday from England) and would like to dive the HMNZS Canterbury.
We had an exciting day ahead, Steve phoned saying his friend Andrew who lives in Auckland was coming [...]
Porpoise Dive help Clare become a PADI Scuba Diver
Posted in Dive, Pool sessions, Sightseeing, Underwater photography, diving in the bay of islands, tagged Diving, diving in the bay of islands, Learn to Dive, PADI Dive Courses, viz, water temperature on December 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Clare decided to “throw in” her job back in South Wales and take a 12 months touring holiday in New Zealand. Diving was something she had always dreamed of doing, so while staying in Paihia, she took the plunge ~ literally!
Unfortunately, we have just experienced a rather mean Northerly ground swell which stirs up the viz [...]
Porpoise Dive help Megan, Nick & Ralph become PADI Open Water divers
Posted in Dive, Pool sessions, Underwater photography, diving in the bay of islands, tagged Diving, diving in the bay of islands, Learn to Dive, PADI Open Water Course, viz, water temperature on December 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Megan & Nick are on holiday from South Africa. Nick has just graduated from University and is off to Dubai for a working holiday & to enjoy the diving with a friend over there.
Megan has just two more years to go to graduate in economics, philosophy & Marketing, but is already chomping at the bit [...]
Porpoise Dive help Shannon & Jonathon to Discover Scuba Diving
Posted in Dive, Sightseeing, Underwater photography, diving in Paihia, diving in the bay of islands, tagged Discover Scuba Diving, Families Diving together, Fun day out, Learn to Dive, Underwater photography, viz, water temperature on December 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Shannon & Jonathon from Canada have only two days left in New Zealand before they return home, where Shannon is a Pharmacy Technician (my heart goes out to her) and Jonathon is in Military Communications.
Jonathon wanted to Discover Scuba Diving, as he has a friend back home who needs a dive buddy, and suggested to Shannon [...]
Porpoise Dive & Jormu
Posted in Dive, Sightseeing, Underwater photography, Wreck, diving in the bay of islands on December 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Jormu is in New Zealand for a 2 week holiday & just had to dive the Rainbow Warrior & wanted to experience diving in “temperate” conditions, so we helped him combine both wishes. Back home, Jormu is a Car Dealer and still couldn’t get used to the idea of jumping into a car and the [...]
Porpoise Dive, Ross, Henk & Cora dive the Rainbow Warrior
Posted in Dive, Sightseeing, Underwater photography, Wreck, diving in the bay of islands on December 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Henk & Cora are on holiday from the “old Zealand” Holland, for a whirlwind 5 week tour of NZ. Back home they are both involved with the Corporate Bank, and when they left, they were walking in 5 inches of snow ~ quite a difference to our climate! Whilst staying in Russell, they decided they [...]
Porpoise Dive & Nadia’s back!
Posted in Dive, Sightseeing, Underwater photography, diving in Paihia, diving in the bay of islands, tagged diving in the bay of islands, Underwater photography, viz, water temperature on December 4, 2008 | 4 Comments »
It was so good to be out with Nadia again. As you remember, Nadia puts in a lot of hours as skipper on our local car & passenger ferries, and with the local dive club annual christmas dive & lunch fast approaching we took her out to get those “dried gills” wet again!
Sadly, the viz [...]
Porpoise Dive, Eric & Jacqui
Posted in Dive, Sightseeing, Underwater photography, diving in Paihia, diving in the bay of islands on December 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Eric & Jacqui are on a well deserved holiday in New Zealand after working in Afghanistan for the past 6 years. They both gave up extremely highly paid jobs to donate their time and talents in a local Christian Hospital Centre.
Eric wanted to complete his Padi Advanced Open Water, with a Navigational Course & Jacqui [...]
