A taster of diving in New Zealand

[MB NZ]

A recent request on ScubaBoard for information on diving in New Zealand made me think I should put a short video together. My diving is based around the Poor Knights islands and wrecks in the north of the country.

Questions about diving in New Zealand welcome, as are comments (negative or positive!) about videography and editing.

For HD, click on the HD logo on the bottom right of the video.

[video=vimeo;108240537]https://vimeo.com/108240537[/video]

 

[kekomixtle]

Wow, it looks great! How cold is the water?? What photo/strobe gear did you use??

 

[MB NZ]

thanks kekomixtle. water temperature typically ranges from 14 - 16 degrees C in winter to 20 - 22 degrees C in summer. video taken with gopro hero 3 black. sola 2000 video lights x 2 used in some of the shots.

 

[jonnierowe]

Any filters on the gopro? What video editing program you use? Did you color correct after the fact? Very impressive to say the least!

---------- Post added October 7th, 2014 at 07:50 PM ----------

Out of curiosity have you dove in Tairua? Am starting to work on a website for a shop there.

 

[MB NZ]

hi jonnie. i always use a red filter on my gopro even when using video lights. polar pro glass for most of those shots, but i also use a SRP red filter. edited with iMovie. on some natural light shots, i add a little contrast, but too much correction makes things look a little over-processed.

never dived tairua.

cheers.

 

[tangfish]

Really enjoyed it. Thank you!

 

[ibj40]

Was hoping the water temp would be higher than that.

Do you think I can dive my 5mm Bare without any additional exposure protection?

 

[MB NZ]

Was hoping the water temp would be higher than that.

I think a lot of tourists hope/assume the same thing and get caught out.

you think I can dive my 5mm Bare without any additional exposure protection?

It depends on how much you feel the cold. Certainly, I see people diving here in the summer in 5 mm suits and they seem OK. If I was diving wet, I would want the thickest, best fitting wetsuit that money can buy plus hood and gloves and would stick to day boat diving rather than a liveaboard. I dive in a dry suit all year round.

 

[Jameslu572]

Great video! Very stable shots! What month did you do this particular dive?

 

[MB NZ]

Great video! Very stable shots! What month did you do this particular dive?

thanks. it was taken over a few months. nothing in the video is particularly season specific.