News

21st February 2010

The first ever GUE Tech 1 course to run in New Zealand has been finished, with thanks to Northland Dive who were great hosts. Congratulations to James and Andy who completed the course!

17th December 2009

Tech Dive NZ is pleased to announce that Mel Jeavons has officially joined the instructional team. As a PADI Cavern Instructor, Mel will adds to our capability to teach overhead environment courses.

16th November 2009

Our Northland cave exploration trip was very successful, with one new cave found in the Matai Bay area that has never been dived before.

26th October 2009

Good things come to those that wait! We're pleased to announced that PADI have finally approved our Advanced Wreck Diver distinctive specialty course, so we've now put some dates in the calendar for the first course in November!

1st September 2009

The Tech Dive NZ Calendar is now live, you'll shortly be able to see all of the events we have planned between now and the end of the summer which will let you work out which trips you want to come on and what courses are coming up that interest you. The calendar is colour coded, so you can straight away see what is a trip, a social event and so on.

23rd August 2009

Congratulations to Scott, Lauren, Mike and Alice who have just completed their PADI Assistant Instructor course!

20th July 2009

Our first GUE Fundamentals course, taught in New Zealand by New Zealand's first GUE instructor has been completed, and was a great success. Congratulations to Mike, Tom and Rob who all passed the course with flying colours!

25th June 2009

Hot on the heels of our decision to host a Tech 1 course in January, we've caught wind that there will be a GUE Cave 1 course at Nullarbor in South Australia in April 2010. If you are interested in this course you can find some details on the GUE website.
http://www.gue.com/?q=en/node/119

24th June 2009

Tech Dive NZ tee shirts are now available! These snazzy limited edition shirts are available for $40. Contact us for further details.

23rd June 2009

We're currently taking expressions of interest for GUE Tech 1 courses, which hopefully will run in January 2010. If you are interested in this course you can find some details on the GUE website.
http://www.gue.com/?q=en/node/123

17th May 2009

For wreck enthusiasts, the festivities leading up to the sinking of the Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg in Flordia have started. The Vandenberg is a 162m long warship that was commissioned in the 1940s. The current target sinking date is 27th May and adds a good wreck site to add on to the end of our Florida cave trip in November!
http://www.bigshipwrecks.com

13th May 2009

PADI has launched it's new 'Pro Chek' feature allowing the public to verify the status of any PADI instructor. All you need is their instructor number!
http://www.padi.com/scuba/prochek

7th May 2009

Tech Dive NZ today unveiled its online presence and has released it's course schedule for 2009.

1st May 2009

Great news! Tech Dive NZ has completed the development of a new DSAT Advanced Wreck distinctive specialty, which has been submitted to DSAT. As soon as this is approved, we will be updating our courses section to provide further details