Whakaari Express at the Poor Knights The forecast was looking good to do our PADI Advanced Open Water course at the Poor Knights Islands over two days in a weekend mid May. I had dived at the Knights two times previously and was really looking forward to getting back to one of New Zealand’s most […]
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White Island
On the 3/4th October we headed down south for one of our special trips, the first ever time the diploma course had been taken out to White Island. We had all heard amazing things about previous trips Auckland Scuba had run to White Island so we were all super excited. We were going to dive […]
First steps as a newly qualified instructor
I finished my diploma of professional scuba instruction with Auckland Scuba in May 2017 and within a few weeks I had managed to land a job with the very people who had taught me. I couldn’t think of a better way to get started in the industry. Being an instructor isn’t just all about the diving, […]
Reality Check
It was a dark and stormy night… Later at the PADI rescue dive course, It was a challenge to come to terms with how dangerous my new hobby really is, literally going to an environment where you can’t breathe the local atmosphere is a reality check. The training from Auckland Scuba made me feel confident […]