Dive Destination New Zealand: Mercury Bay – Coromandel
By Lee Czerniak. Images supplied by Dive Zone Whitianga. Whitianga on Mercury Bay is one of the most popular spots on the Coromandel Peninsular. Doubtless, the …
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Dive Destination New Zealand: Wellington – More Than Meets the Eye
Miramar Peninsular aerial. Image by Andrew Cooper, CC 3.0. By Lee Czerniak. Wellington is at the southern end of the North Island of New Zealand. Legend has it …
Mathesons Bay, Where Leatherjackets Live
By Daniel Poloha. If you ask a diver from Auckland, New Zealand about nearby shore dives, they usually mention Goat Island near Leigh, north of the city. Some …
TRIPLEFINS New Zealand’s Answer to Darwin’s Finches
By Paul Caiger. Triplefins will be familiar to virtually every diver who has plunged below the sea in New Zealand. They are the most diverse and abundant reef …
Dive Destination New Zealand: Northland – A Diver’s Dream
By Lee Czerniak, images supplied by Dive Zone Bay of Islands. Northland’s natural environment is something special. With over 3000km of coastline this is a …
Hot Tips: Buoyancy Control
By Tine Funderud & Stone Meharry. You will always hear that buoyancy is the key to being a good diver or underwater photographer. Getting your buoyancy …
Channel Island, Hauraki Gulf
By Clarke Gayford. Probably the most obviously named island in all the Hauraki Gulf, Channel Island is exactly that: a sugarloaf of rock broken either side by …
Dive Destination New Zealand: Fiordland – South Island
By Lee Czerniak, images by Darryl Torckler. Unchanged since Maori and European history began, these fiords are wonderfully inspirational. Fiordland is …
MV Rena Wreck – Plan Your Dive
By Dave Moran, Images as credited. The kelp swayed in the current like a Tahitian maiden seducing the admiring tourists. It was all rather hypnotic as schools …
Navy Operational Diving Team Reunion 2015
By Dave Moran. Images by Dave Moran except where marked, by Chris Weissenborn. “You can take the person out of the Navy but you can never take the Navy out …