All trip prices exclude equipment hire.
Don’t feel experienced enough? We have on hand
experienced Divemasters s who will gladly buddy
up and dive with you.
Technical and deep divers welcome, Nitrox and
02 available at Global Dive.
We will also be running a PADI Advanced Open Water
course on this trip. This gives you free gear hire,
free fills, free cylinder and dive computer use,
5 training dives including Deep, Night, Wreck,
Navigation, project AWARE and two recreational
dives. Most importantly you learn new skills which
will enhance your diving and increase your awareness
at depth.
All meals and accommodation are included in the
price and yes we will be staying the night on the
ocean, tucked away in one of many of the sheltered
areas the Poor Knights has to offer in a luxury
53-foot catamaran called Pacific Hideaway.
Poor Knights experienced divers weekend 5-6 July
We will be chartering MV Bright Arrow to take
experienced divers out to explore the depths of
the Poor Knights.
The vessel will be leaving 1 hour early each morning
to give us the ability to offer 2 hour dive run
times twice a day. Divers must dive within the
scope of their certification. Decompression
and Rebreather divers welcomed. We have the ability
to pump Nitrox cylinders and boost Oxygen cylinders
up at Tutukaka between diving days, but you will
need to pre book this service so we know how much
gas to carry (normal costing apply).
Accommodation can be sorted with the Oceans Villa
'Flash Packers' deal, for $30 per night. Divers
will need to supply own lunch.
Trip report - Skirts in scuba by
Claire Byrne
I moved to Auckland from England in February, and I knew that one of the first
things I wanted to do in NZ was learn to dive. I started my PADI course straight
away, and after a few hiccups (quite literally – for some reason I got really
violent hiccups during every pool session!) I passed in May. The Poor Knights
Skirts In Scuba day was my first non-training dive – it was an amazing experience
for someone so new to diving!
I was really nervous before we left, especially
when I saw how experienced everyone else was
– I was worried I’d forget what to do and thought
I might struggle to
keep up in the water. I needn’t have worried – Noel and Jo from Yukon Dive
and Fishing Charters were really nice and good
fun, and it was a great bunch of people.
Our first dive was at Hideaway Bay. Anna and
Jo gave me a hand with my gear (including my
brand new Global Dive wetsuit), then Anna took
me and another
Skirt In Scuba
down to 18m. I couldn’t believe how much there was to see even just at the
surface – the water was so clear! On the way down it was a bit of a sensory
overload
– there was so much to take in! Straight away we saw male Sandager’s wrasse,
red Diadema sea urchins and moray eels. The fish seemed quite happy for us
to be there so we got pretty close. I couldn’t wait to write it all in my
log book!
Jo had prepared an amazing spread for lunch so
we ate that with the rest of the group and
exchanged stories. I was glad to find that
I’d been able
to see
a lot
of the same things as the more experienced divers.
On our second dive at Jans Tunnel, Anna took
a camera down and got a few snaps of the nudibranchs
and of me and Alexandria underwater. I had
my
first experience
of swimming in a surge, and managed to spot a few scorpionfish hiding
in the rocks too.
I was pretty tired by the time we got back to
the boat but felt very satisfied – I’d had
such a great day! I think my favourites were
the
clown nudibranch
– I’d never seen anything like them before. I also really liked watching
the blue-eyed
triplefins darting about and looking like they were bouncing off the
walls! I made a few new friends and new diving buddies, and saw things
I’d never
have been able to back home. Noel and Jo and everyone at Global Dive
were so helpful,
and I can’t wait to go diving again! I’m just worried that, having
been to one
of the best dive sites in the world, I might never match it...!
As always the last Monday evening of every month
at Global Dive shop here in Westhaven from 6pm onwards.
Johan
Olivier a South African hyperbaric
technician from hyperbaric health NZ will be giving
2 half hour presentations.
Global is proud to announce that we now have a
range of Bare Tri-Laminate Drysuits and Forth
Element under-garments in our rental department
for you
to use. We're not 100% sure, but we think we
are the only dive club in New Zealand that actually
owns our own drysuits for hire. 
Upcoming course start dates are as follows: