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 …
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 …
Why the Fatalities – Training? Or just plain Attitude? Or a bit of both? By Keith Cardwell, PhD. Diving is an adventure. Adventure often brings risks. And …
By Shelley Gurney. From 4–6 August, the AUT Millennium National Aquatic Centre in Auckland, New Zealand hosted the inaugural Trans-Tasman Team Freediving …
By Paul Caiger. Imagine a piece of New Zealand coastal paradise where the native bush and all its terrestrial inhabitants are left to regenerate without the …
By Dave Abbott. Images by Dave Abbott unless otherwise credited. (Cover image as well as above image by Sophie Roselt.) Not everyone can afford to head off …
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 …
By Paul Caiger. The snake eel or serpent eel is a curious-looking fish found worldwide; intermittently seen on the end of fishing hooks or washed ashore after …
By Dave Moran, Editor. Bruce Adams, Senior Sergeant Officer in Charge Police National Dive Squad has been on the road in recent months delivering presentations …
By Richard Taylor. Let’s be honest, diving has had a bit of a bad rap lately. We can’t really complain – after all, the recent number of fatalities …
By Paul Caiger. Jacques Cousteau’s celebrated 1950s book and documentary about the oceans was called the The Silent World. However, the underwater world is …