Teen Dive Camp, Dec 2009 | Tairua Dive and Fishinn
Tairua Dive and Fishinn’s Teen Dive Camp runs from the 15th to the 18th of December this year. I was most pleased to take a call from Tony this morning inviting me to come on down and be one of the...
View ArticleSpecialty Instructor Ratings
The first five of my eight specialty instructor ratings have been processed and are now showing in my PADI Professional Dive Credentials. I am especially pleased to be able to conduct the Digital...
View ArticlePADI Digital Underwater Photography Specialty Course
Underwater photography is one of the most popular diving specialties, and the rise of digital underwater photography has made it easier and more fun than ever. This is why there are actually two PADI...
View ArticlePADI Deep Diver Specialty Course
After your first few scuba dives, you soon want to explore a bit deeper. There’s something exciting and mysterious about the depth that attracts dives. We have a number of wrecks in New Zealand at...
View ArticlePADI Specialty Instructor Ratings #2
This morning the package arrived. The package with not only my certification cards – but certificates for each one as well! Related posts: Specialty Instructor Ratings PADI Instructor Examination...
View ArticlePADI Enriched Air Nitrox Specialty
The PADI Enriched Air Diver course is PADI’s most popular specialty scuba diving course, and it’s easy to see why. The course is now even easier to complete in your own time at your own pace as it is...
View ArticleScuba Diving with Sheila
Over the New Year holidays (January 2010), I had a great time teaching Sheila to dive. Sheila had emailed Global Dive about obtaining her PADI Open Water certificate while her and her husband were...
View ArticleOpen Water Divers Bond
I have just finished teaching a PADI Open Water dive course – and it has been one of the most fun (if not absolutely the most fun) that I have had since I have been teaching. Alan, John and Nickie all...
View ArticleTraining a Scuba Diver with Multiple Sclerosis
Late summer, 2010 and I had just started teaching Confined Water sessions after a few weeks off with a strained shoulder muscle. I had three students on this new course. The following post is my...
View ArticleScuba Refresher: Break time is over.
The last time I went scuba diving was on the 20th of November 2011. Actually, I did a dry dive on the 29th of November but let’s talk about the type of diving where you get wet. It has been 90 days (2...
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