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Dives are generally held (at least) on the 3rd Sunday of every month. To register your interest in participating in all or any dives, phone Jack on 021 981474 or send an email to mail@diveclub.co.nz
| Dates/Times | Dive site |
| We dive most Saturdays. Contact Jack for dive details. | Weather dependent |
Read about Past Events and Dives
Come along to our dive club meetings if you are interested in joining us for diving and club activities during 2009.
Call Jack on 021 981474 for directions to our club rooms.
BYO drinks and eats to the meeting, there is a BBQ available.
| Committee meeting - minutes to follow |
22 July 2009 | |
| Informal meeting | 17 June 2009 | |
| Informal meeting | 20 May 2009 | |
| X | CPR Refresher | 15 April 2009 |
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Monthly meeting | 18 March 2009 |
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AGM | 18 February 2009 |
| X | Winter 2008 | Informal meetings |
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Monthly meeting | 2 February 2008 |
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Monthly meeting | 1 December 2007 |
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Monthly meeting | 6 October 2007 |
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Monthly meeting | 1 September 2007 |
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Monthly meeting | 5 August 2007 |
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Monthly meeting | 1 July 2007 |
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Inaugural meeting | 3 June 2007 |
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| What have you been up to over the winter? We need your stories and photos... | |||||
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Sunday 7 Dec 2008 Check out the video on  |
Fun Dives | Jack's Rock On a recent dive Jack, Sallie and Tim came across a huge meatball of Demoiselles which schooled around us seemingly unconcerned about our presence. |
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| Sunday 2 Dec 2007 | Fun Dives | East Coast and Smokehouse Bay | |||
| We had some great dives last Sunday, the weather
held out for the weekend and the water has shot up to a balmy 18 degrees!
Some lovely scenic dives, every one was out to play. An Octopus gave us an amazing camoflage display (Click images for an enlargements) and we had fantastic visibility along the North-East Coast of Doubtless Bay.
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| Saturday 18 Nov 2007 | Fun Dive | East Coast and Smokehouse Bay | |||
| Beautiful weather, two boats headed out for 3 or 4 dives. Visibility ok, water temp averaging 14-15 degrees. Lots of wildlife, birds working over schooling fish. Divers spotted loads of life including crays, eels, anenomes and a friendly wrasse which allowed Jack and Petrina within touching distance. Great day had by all. | |||||
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| Saturday 27 Oct 2007 | Fun Dive | McGregor Rock | |||
| A pod of approx 6 Orcas escorted us to our dive site which was unsurprisingly quite sparsely populated with fish! We still had a good dive however with crayfish and a very large puffa fish putting in an appearance. | |||||
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| Monday 22 Oct 2007 | Salvage Dive | Motoroa Island | |||
| Several club members headed out to help locate a wrecked sailing boat. We successfully located the wreck, checked it out and took some video and photos for insurance purposes. | |||||
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| Sunday 16 Sept 2007 | Club Dive | Smokehouse Bay and outside Taemaro Bay | |||
| 3 boats and 7 club members headed out on Sunday morning and enjoyed a couple of dives, first in Smokehouse Bay and then a second outside Taemaro Bay. It was a chance for a couple of members to experience their first open water dives and apart from some excellent yoyo impersonations at first, buoyancy skills were mastered and the dives were enjoyed by all. Jack made our day by providing several crayfish and Sallie provided the entertainment. (But you'll have to show up at the next meeting to find out more! ;-) | |||||
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| Sunday 5 August 2007 | Fun Dive | Taupo Bay | |||
| Before the monthly dive meet, a few members got together for a club dive. Kevin Butler, Simon Banks and Jack, Ben and Josie Sutton drove out to Taupo Bay (Doubtless Bay was extremely messy) for a leisurely dive around the western headland. Whilst gearing up on the beach, a local approached the club and asked for assistance pulling up a cray pot that was stuck on the bottom around the point a bit further - Kevin, Simon and Ben headed out with him on his boat to rescue the pot whilst Josie/Jack stayed at beach to do the planned dive. The Cray pot divers successfully retrieved the pot for the local; at one point the water temp was 14 degrees. Lots of Leatherjackets around along the coast. They also got one Cray and a packhorse. Josie/Jack had 16 degrees water temp in Taupo Bay, and got one Cray, very little marine life around in Taupo Bay though. | |||||
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| Sunday 22 July 2007 | First Club Dive | Berghan's Point | |||
| 8 club members set out on our first club dive on Sunday, it was a slow journey as the sea was pretty rugged in Doubtless Bay but it was beautifully calm around the corner at Berghan's Point. The visibility on the dive was excellent and the water was a balmy temperature for this time of year. Great viz, sightings of spanish lobsters and moray eels as well as hundreds of schooling fish around the divers, ensured that a great time was had by all. | |||||
