Dive Shack Stirlings and Onehunga are having a sale.
Everything is 15% – 50% off, if not already reduced.

Apollo 7mm wetsuit. Was $649 NOW $299.

Apollo Bio Cross BCD (1 x small only) NOW $399.

Brut Reg over 20% off NOW $599.

Apollo 5mm wetsuit. NOW $349.

Small Aquaflex fins HALF PRICE. Now $99.
Mk2 reg/octi and gauge package. Save over [...]

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Please join us at 6:00pm tonight, Wednesday 29th April, in room 3.401 in the Engineering building at Auckland University for a club meeting. Non-members welcome.

Dr Roger Grace – photo courtesy of the Marine NZ website.
We are very fortunate to have Dr Roger Grace (a life member of AUUC) coming along to speak on “NZ’s marine [...]

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Issue #1, 2009, of Flotsam (the newsletter of the Auckland University Underwater Club) is available for download (968KB). In this issue:

Diver’s memorial feared stolen
Seasick book review
Rahui announced for Deep Water Cove
Goat Island trip report

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Tuesday March 31, 2009
Richie Robinson

I’m 30m down in the clear water of the Bay of Islands, swimming through the narrow passageways of HMNZS Canterbury, seeking to exorcise a painful memory. Suddenly, through the underwater gloom, I spy the object of my mission: a row of toilets. Success.
Flashback to 2003, just before my 26th birthday. Sitting [...]

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Trip Report by Andy Massingham
An early morning start on Good Friday for the majority of us meant we reached the campsite in a little over 4 hours. However, after leaving at midday and attempting to do their shopping on Good Friday, Ming and Yang had still failed to reach us by the time Donald was [...]

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