Some time ago I mentioned in my article on Matheson Bay, leatherjacket is the king of the kelp forest there … especially in winter. Mainly because it was the only fish I could see there. Recently (December 2015) I visited the bay again. There were more fish there than the last time, mainly juvenile spotties. […]
When there is a storm in the forest it’s safer to go for a walk to a sheltered park area. A similar approach is true in the sea as well. When the sea is rough on the open coast, there are sheltered places in harbours suitable for an underwater walk. They are usually quite murky, […]
I love diving. It allows me to experience the world which is completely different from what we find above the water surface. Colours are often crazy though nobody can see them. Animals look like plants. Tall plants don’t have solid structures to support them, they use floats. Balls with sharp needles and no legs are […]
In the past I wrote about Mahurangi Harbour a couple of times. It’s silty and the bottom is flat, yet I dive it regularly; perhaps because it often surprises me. My dive there on last Wednesday was no exception … the harbour offered a couple of surprises. Coral tree … there is that sunken tree […]
Last November (2014) I went for a shore dive to the Leigh area. I was not sure which spot to choose, actually I was not sure if diving would be possible at all due to the storm a couple of days earlier. The sea was calm again yet there was a possibility the coastal areas […]
Note: This was originally a separate page, I moved it to blog. The article was published in DiveNZ a couple of years ago. All the local divers know that, Auckland is a great city with nice beaches but not very good for scuba diving. Especially if you want to dive from the shore. Murky waters, […]