A Diving Pioneer: Recollections & Training – We Compare with Today’s Training
Above L–R: Bill Young, Ivor Howitt and Ted Eldred. Bill with a Siebe Gorman unit with a side-hung oxygen bottle; Ivor with a Siebe Gorman unit that could …
NZUA: Dive Safe
Master of Small Commercial Dive Boat (MSCDB) qualification is an approved training framework endorsed by Maritime NZ and now falls under the Maritime Rule Part …
Western Pacific Naval Symposiums Mine Counter Measures Exercises in New Zealand
Its not often you get invited to spend time with a US Navy Dive Team, so I was like an excited kid waiting for Santa to appear down the chimney as I waited …
The Chathams
By J & T Enderby Long strands of giant bull kelp swirl away from the rocks, then flick back. Beneath them, wider strands of Chatham Islands bull kelp do …
Escape to Samoa
by Dave Moran The South Pacific has a way about her. She slowly seduces your body by caressing your skin with her warmth, and unclutters your mind with …
Sunfish pursuits
by Ross Armstrong This summer up and down the Northland coast there has been an abundance of sunfish. Charter boat skippers regularly reported seeing large …
Tonga: Jewel in the Crown
By Lee Czerniak Vavaâu group Ron and I had been to Vavaâu before, but it was all new for Nick and Julie. We were to stay on the new vessel …
A clearance diver in the Gulf War (pt2)
A Clearance Diver in the Gulf War: Part 2 by Eugene Maxwell Shuwaikh Port On March 23 our convoy of four semi-trailers and assorted passenger vehicles emerged …
A clearance diver in the Gulf War- (pt1)
A Clearance Diver in the Gulf War: Part 1 by Eugene Maxwell The 23 men assembled in front of the aircraft hangar appeared a motley bunch, half wearing …