RnB Posted May 2, 2005 Report Share Posted May 2, 2005 Just wondering how much overlap there is? For the record, I dive....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelfish Posted May 2, 2005 Report Share Posted May 2, 2005 havent yet, but definatly want to give it a go one day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calvin Posted May 2, 2005 Report Share Posted May 2, 2005 Haven't dived yet, but in the planning stages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegasus Posted May 2, 2005 Report Share Posted May 2, 2005 Used to do a number of years back. Deepest dive was 150 feet at the Sugar Loaf off the Poor Nights. Nursery Cove at the Poor Nights is a great place for the beginner to view some fantastic NZ fishlife. Main interests were in Wreck diving and underwater caves Goat Island is also a great spot to learn, with heaps to see and explore. So what places have you all dived..? Bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted May 2, 2005 Report Share Posted May 2, 2005 only snorkeling for me but diving is definately on the (huge) LIST of things to achieve for this year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RnB Posted May 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2005 Poor knights and gt barrier are my fav dive sites...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianemone Posted May 2, 2005 Report Share Posted May 2, 2005 used to dive alot, not so much anymore (havent been since i was 19) will get out there again once we have a house sorted and i find someone to go with Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pies Posted May 2, 2005 Report Share Posted May 2, 2005 Keen diver. Have dived through NZ, the pacific, Indo, Malay & Thai. Hope to add Palau & Bourneo to the list in the next 12 months. May head back to Fiji in 2 months if things pan out. Best diving, hard to pick it: Poor knights (particulary any of the arches) on the north westen end, Tioman/Tekek in Malay, Vanuatu (Lovo). Pie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted May 2, 2005 Report Share Posted May 2, 2005 I don't dive, I can't even swim. I would like to though...Maybe after I get a pilots license(Meaning never unless I win lotto) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lduncan Posted May 2, 2005 Report Share Posted May 2, 2005 Never dived (scuba), but it does interest me. Pies I imagine Palau would be great! A pilots licence would be great too Ira. To much to do too little money. Layton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookie extreme Posted May 2, 2005 Report Share Posted May 2, 2005 keen diver, dived red sea, caribbean (cuba and mexico), tonga, fiji, vanuatu, maldives, english channel (very good), thailand, cooks and nz of course. all great places and very very different! liked tonga (vava'u and vanuatu the best). have been trying to copy a similar setup ever since (i.e. no rubble of rocks or wall). temp in the red sea of hurghada was f......g freezing at 19 degrees and that was at the surface love wreck diving, done 40 dives on a single wreck in vava'u alone always amased by all the corals that grow in very little light, like bubble or goniopora. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquatopia Posted May 2, 2005 Report Share Posted May 2, 2005 Cookie - the English Channel was good? Really? whereabouts? I LIVED there untill a year ago and could only sever see a metre in front of me (despite having a Euro BLUE FLAG beach !! lol). I dont dive, have always wanted to. Would like to do a course and become an instructor. A mate of mine was all for emigrating to Oz to learn (he was already an accomplished diver), but then he found love.... POOR SOD ! LOL Can any of you regular divers recommend somewhere good to learn that is inexpensive ? Do you need any of your own stuff? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newtman Posted May 2, 2005 Report Share Posted May 2, 2005 i did a course at splash gordon in island bay, they are a padi outfit...i did 4 dives there and a couple in fiji,+ i hope to do a bit more when i start earning enough lol... as for cost...i cant remember what it was for me, cos my parents paid at the time... oh... and yes i do have a marine tank if you count local coldwater but will soon be going tropical **yay!!!!** Newt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquatopia Posted May 2, 2005 Report Share Posted May 2, 2005 Newtman - local coldwater is DEFINITELY marine. And good for you because they can be hard to keep. Do you use a chiller? Im guessing you must ? How about showing us some piccies and telling us all about it. (Maybe on a separate thread so we dont hijack this one aye). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drifty Posted May 2, 2005 Report Share Posted May 2, 2005 I surf so the last thing I want to know is what is under me while I am surfing, so no I dont dive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Posted May 2, 2005 Report Share Posted May 2, 2005 Love Diving Best Places..... All the warm ones where you dont need a wetsuit Vanuatu... Pauls Rock, Moso Caves probably the best out of the lot for me W Samoa... Dive Site called "The Fish Market" heaps of turtles, VERY large fish, great drift dive did I mention 27 degree water temp Hawkes Bay, well just about evey dive is a night dive :evil: , but if you get a good day you cant beat it. /Bruce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pies Posted May 2, 2005 Report Share Posted May 2, 2005 Bruce - I've dived the Moso Caves and Pauls Rock. Both stunning dives in their own right. Not every day you get to dive through a larva tube Pies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Posted May 2, 2005 Report Share Posted May 2, 2005 Bruce - I've dived the Moso Caves and Pauls Rock. Both stunning dives in their own right. Not every day you get to dive through a larva tube Too right, We did 10 dives with Tranquility Island Dive, but those 2 would be top of the list, another one I enjoyed was Lionfish gardens... Just for the Lionfish it was worth it. /Bruce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control Posted May 2, 2005 Report Share Posted May 2, 2005 Only snorkeling I'd love to go diving one day. Aaron. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegasus Posted May 2, 2005 Report Share Posted May 2, 2005 Funny... but before I learned to dive I was scared to death of what was lurking beneath the waves, but you get to a point where they can drop you out of sight of land with no probs (once you get used to it) People always ask... "Oooo.. arn't you afraid of sharks..? " In around 20yrs of diving I would say I've only seen around four. No fear whatsoever of deep dark caves... but hey... I'm not too keen on night diving. We were in the B.O. Islands doing a bit of cave diving and grabbing a few crays on the way. There were five of us, and one guy was engrossed in digging this cray from one of the crevises on a rock face. Suddenly a three metre shark came around, and four of us hit the deck and layed still.. but this guy continued his quest for the cray he had spotted. The shark went up behind him and thumped his shoulder... but the guy thought it was one of us, so he thrashed out with his elbow and hit the shark on the nose. It swam off... did a small circle... then returned to repeat what it had done. We could do nothing.. but stayed grouped together as we watched. Three times the shark violently nudged this guys shoulder... and three times it swam off after "getting the elbow" ... then eventually it swam off and disappeared. Moments later the guy turned around clutching this huge packhorse and headed up for the boat. We followed, and told him the story. He turned drip white and collapsed on the floor of the boat and was STILL shaking after we made land an hour later. On another dive for a Preservation Society we lifted an old eighty foot Scow off the bottom of.... another story Come on guys... this is interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pies Posted May 2, 2005 Report Share Posted May 2, 2005 Bruce - I have some great photos of Lionfish gardens, with Lionfish hunting in packs. We've dived with Tranquility Island several times. I've seen dozens of sharks, rays, eels & snakes. Its all good as far as I am concerned. Fiji - Maybee 12 sharks swimming around us. Pie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquatopia Posted May 2, 2005 Report Share Posted May 2, 2005 PIES - Would love to see those lionfish pics dude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis & Vicki Posted May 2, 2005 Report Share Posted May 2, 2005 White Island is an amazing dive spot, anywhere round great barrier island or the mercury islands, the poor knights, slipper island, and mayor island Living in Tauranga means diving is close and of a high quallity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suphew Posted May 2, 2005 Report Share Posted May 2, 2005 Learnt to dive in Raro, a couple of years ago. Want to try diving in our local waters but dont like the cold! Go bath water warm diving!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grivai Posted May 3, 2005 Report Share Posted May 3, 2005 yup i dive...most recent was the penguin pool at kelly tarltons while i was cleaning it up haha....also done goat island, poor knights, pemba reef (tanzania), fiji, mauritius and a large sector of the southwest coast of madagascar... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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