Newsletter - September 2009

Spring has arrived and the new dive season is kicking off with great weather and clear water. The viz has been 15-20m on recent dives!

Spring Sale 23-25 September
There is no better time to upgrade your dive gear for the new season than our very popular Spring Sale. We’ll have fantastic deals with storewide discounts and prices on many items reduced from 25% to an amazing 75% off ! More details coming soon.

Dive Gear Servicing
If your dive gear has been sitting in the closet gathering dust, now’s the time to drag it out for its annual service. As an added incentive we’ll give you 20% off labour and parts for ALL dive gear serviced during the month of September !

Scallop Season has Opened
1 September marked the start of Scallop season. We have a stack of FREE fishery pamphlets and fish measuring stickers in store now for your dive bag or boat, or download brochure online at http://www.fish.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/A46D31A0-26E3-4B0E-BCF1-95C0D42B9B08/0/AucklandAreabrochure.pdf

Mid-week diving is Back!
We’re pleased to announce that our Wednesday dives are up and running again. Starting from the 7 September and places are already filling fast.  Contact us to secure your place now.
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Shop is Open 7 days a week
Our Summer hours are back in place:
Mon-Friday 9am-5:30pm
Thursday late night 7pm
Sat-Sun 9am-5pm


It has been a while since our last newsletter, but we have been keeping very busy since Summer.

Dive Trips:
We continued regular dive trips throughout the winter to Cape Brett, Tutukaka, Leigh Coast and locally from Whangaparaoa.

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Lyann, Kenwyn, Magherite and Leon at Tutukaka

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Jason Wright on the Waikato Wreck


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Bridge of Waikato wreck


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Heading up the shot line

Our web site has upcoming local trips posted at http://www.divehqwesthaven.co.nz/dive-trips.php

Dive Courses:
Many people took advantage of our winter learn to dive specials:
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Check out our upcoming courses at http://www.divehqwesthaven.co.nz/open-water-course.php

Wreck Specialty Course -  15 and 16 October
We are heading up to dive the wrecks of the Tui and Waikato at Tutukaka on the 15 Oct, followed by the Canterbury Wreck on 16th Oct. Contact us now for more information.

The NEW Poseidon Mk VI Rebreather has proved very popular and we completed 3 courses over the winter. Dive HQ Hibiscus Coast is the only Dive Center in NZ offering these courses. Congratulations to Lawrence Pope, Jason Wright, Karl Desler, Allan Reed and Brian Mackie on becoming NZs first Poseidon Rebreather divers !! Courses are run on demand, so contact us for more info.

Photos by Brian Mackie – Leigh Coast 24/09/2011

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Leather Jacket

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Crayfish

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Goat Fish

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Grant on the Poseidon Rebreather

Happy diving from the Dive HQ Team !


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