Well, what a surprise we had! Mel came back to complete her Advanced Open Water bringing her daughter Chelsea to have a Scuba Review and was joined by Clare who had completed her Open Water Course with us back in December 2008.
It was an extremely fun day out for all of us, and we were [...]
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Porpoise Dive, Mel, Chelsea & Clare
Posted in Dive, Sightseeing, Underwater photography, diving in the bay of islands, tagged diving in the bay of islands, Families Diving together, Fun day out, PADI Advanced Open Water Course, Scuba Review, Underwater photography, viz, water temperature on April 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Porpoise Dive show Jonas the Cavalli Islands
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Rainbow Warrior, Sightseeing, Underwater photography on February 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Jonas is over from Sweden on Paternity leave, he and his family have one more week in New Zealand before holidaying in Australia then returning home. One of the main reasons Jonas chose to holiday in the bay of islands, was to dive the Rainbow Warrior – saying it was everything he was briefed about for [...]
Porpoise Dive & Derk Dive the Rainbow Warrior
Posted in Uncategorized on November 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A late night call and Derk was booked for the Rainbow Warrior!! Derk had been waiting for some time to dive the Rainbow Warrior and after 3 days of constant phone calls and broken promises from another dive source, we were asked if we could go~ well of course we could!! Got Derks’ height, weight [...]
Porpoise Dive, Shanna & Jake on the Rainbow Warrior
Posted in Dive, Sightseeing, Underwater photography, Wreck, diving in the bay of islands, tagged Rainbow Warrior, reef dive, viz, water temperature on November 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Shanna & Jake are out from the UK enjoying 8 months r & r doing a “mini world tour” before returning home on Christmas Eve.
They are near the end of their Kiwi tour and decided to visit Paihia and do nothing but rest, but when they discovered the Rainbow Warrior was only a “little way” up [...]
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 [...]
Porpoise Dive says THANKYOU
Posted in Dive, Sightseeing, Underwater photography, diving in the bay of islands, tagged Add new tag, Families Diving together, Fun day out, PADI Bubblemaker on September 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Welll, we’ve been runing for 12 months (as of August) and were delighted to take out David, Karen & their son Scott who own Mayfair Lodge & Toni who owns Russell Information Centre. These kind people have passed on a lot of our clients/friends and they don’t often get out on the sea.
Both David & [...]
Porpoise Dive & Nadia yet again enjoys
Posted in Uncategorized on May 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Yes, Nadia has become a regular once a week diver! Really revelling in her diving again.
We went out to Deep Water Cove and although the viz was about 5-8 metres, the temp wasn’t too bad at 17 degrees.Nadia’s really become one of the family so to speak, so we allowed her to “haul up the [...]
Porpoise Dive & Nadia Dives Again
Posted in Uncategorized on May 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We went hunting blue water, but sadly the swell was twisting from the East again, even out to Brett! Water temperature is still at 18 degrees, but that nasty little South Westerly certainly made you know that winters’ on the way! Nadia just can’t be stopped now – she thoroughly enjoys the diving. The viz [...]
Porpoise Dive & Juuso
Posted in Uncategorized on February 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Juuso is visiting NZ from Finland and decided off the cuff to do a PADI Open Water Course – while he was here, we had a nasty little storm, and the bay became a “sea of mud”, but he thoroughly enjoyed himself. Good luck with your studies when you get back home Juuso!!
