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  • Dive No. 28: Princess Bay, Wellington, New Zealand

    The dive was OK. The second dive of my TDI Nitrox, Advanced Nitrox and Decompression Procedures courses.Gas mix: EAN36 ...
  • Dive No. 27: Tom's Rock, Wellington, New Zealand

    I recommend this dive. Collected lots of kinners (sea urchins) for Simon Dupree, who was kind enough to take us out on his boat. We saw a sea purch and almost caught two really big crayfish. ...
  • Dive No. 26: Princess Bay, Wellington, New Zealand

    I recommend this dive. We fed some smashed-up sea urchins to some fish, continued the dive and on the way back we came by the feeding place again, where I spotted a really big fish of about 1.5m length. After a moment it swam away when we approached, so ...
  • Dive No. 25: Princess Bay, Wellington, New Zealand

    I recommend this dive. We saw a big conger eel (about 2m long) and an octopus. The conger did not seem bothered by us swimming directly above it, it almost seemed to swim along with us. The octopus however was very shy and would not let us get nearer tha...
  • Dive No. 24: Sunken Rocks, Wellington, New Zealand

    I recommend this dive. Night dive in the bay before Devil's gate. Saw lots of crayfish just walking about and lots of sleeping fish. Caught two crayfish, which we later cooked. Parked the car facing the water, which made it easier to find our exit po...
  • Dive No. 23: Breaker Bay, Wellington, New Zealand

    I won't miss this dive. We tried out Tony's new self-made float. Since the weights did not reach the bottom and the dive flags acted like sails, we had to swim after it, when we came back up. ...
  • Dive No. 22: Sunken Rocks, Wellington, New Zealand

    The dive was OK. Used the rest of the air in our steel tanks to log another dive. ...
  • Dive No. 21: Sunken Rocks, Wellington, New Zealand

    I recommend this dive. I saw a scorpion fish while feeding smashed-up sea urchins to some fish. ...
  • Dive No. 20: Numerous Sunken Rocks, Wellington, New Zealand

    The dive was OK. Fed some fish with cut-up sea urchins. ...
  • Dive No. 19: Moa Point, Wellington, New Zealand

    The dive was OK. Nothing much to say about this one. Went through the kelp, saw a few fish, but the big ones seemed to hide today. ...
  • Dive No. 18: Moa Point, Wellington, New Zealand

    The dive was OK. This was Mike's sixtieth dive, the last one he needed for his PADI Dive Master certification. Congratulations, Mike! ...
  • Dive No. 17: West Ledge, Wellington, New Zealand

    The dive was OK. Mike thinks he might have seen a shark, but it didn't really come close enough to be sure, given the bad visibility. On the way back we found ourselves swimming against a rather strong current. Once we noticed that, we swam across it...
  • Dive No. 16: West Ledge, Wellington, New Zealand

    The dive was OK. There are many big paua shells on this dive site. The visibility was much better than we expected, given the swell. The walk out to the end of the ledge was a bit long, but this was seemed to be the only dive site with acceptable visibil...
  • Dive No. 15: Point Gordon, Wellington, New Zealand

    I recommend this dive. We saw a few really big sting-rays resting on the rocks near the shore. ...
  • Dive No. 14: Tarakena Bay, Wellington, New Zealand

    I won't miss this dive. The perfect dive site for practicing navigation skills (visibility sucked). :-( ...
  • Dive No. 13: Owhiro Bay, Wellington, New Zealand

    I recommend this dive. My second dive to the Yung Pen wreck. Visibility got much worse on this one, as did the surge. ...
  • Dive No. 12: Owhiro Bay, Wellington, New Zealand

    Really fantastic dive! This was my first dive to a ship wreck. The Yung Pen was a Korean fishing boat, wrecked off Owhiro Bay on Wellington\'s south coast in 1982 during a storm. She split in two, loosing her boiler in the process, with her bow almos...
  • Dive No. 11: Pinnacles, Breaker Bay, Wellington, New Zealand

    I recommend this dive. We fed some fish by cutting open a sea urchin. They are a pest here, because they have no natural enemies in New Zealand and since they eat kelp, they are a real plague, destroying the kelp forests which are home to many species. F...
  • Dive No. 10: Pinnacles, Breaker Bay, Wellington, New Zealand

    The dive was OK. We had a look between the rocks at the bottom near the pinnacles. Because of the strong surge and a bit of current most of our attention was taken up by navigation and bouyancy control, but we saw some big paua shells and a few fish. Lau...
  • Dive No. 9: Point Gordon, Wellington, New Zealand

    The dive was OK. There were some relatively big fish in the kelp near the shore. Nitrox Adventure Dive (EAN32) of our PADI Advanced Open Water course. ...