Some time ago I urgently needed a second stage for my regulator. I din’t want to spend much on it as it was supposed to be only a temporary solution. So I decided to buy the cheapest thing I could find on the local NZ on-line auction website. I purchased a regulator made in the […]
I admit my freediving capabilities are very sad. Perhaps I should say they are nonexistent. That’s why I use a scuba tank even in a very shallow water. But there are other reasons for that as well. I have some experience with pushing my heavy camera equipment while freediving. Believe me, it’s exhausting. Also I […]
Yesterday I went for a dive to the Leigh area. I was aware of the strong wind from the southeast so was very skeptical about the conditions. Anyway, I hoped the Ti Point wharf spot could save my trip. Unfortunately that was not the case. I have no idea what was happening there recently. The parking […]
Some people think tropical seas are colourful and temperate ones are not. Often the opposite is true. Many hard corals of tropical reefs in shallow water are greenish or brownish. A lot of invertebrates in cold(er) water have very bright colours. The rock on the picture is only in about four metres of water. A […]
Here at New Zealand we call them crayfish, but their real name is southern rock lobster, red rock lobster or spiny rock lobster (Jasus edwardsii, see the Wikipedia article). I do not collect them for food so don’t know where to find them. If you want to observe them, marine reserves are a good place […]
It does not happen often, but there are days when the visibility underwater is acceptable even in bays of North Shore in Auckland. By saying ‘acceptable’ I mean more than five metres. That sort of visibility also means backscatter is not such na issue, even at night. I’ve made this picture in Browns Bay at […]