Greetings from New Zealand

[Mykl]

Hi, my name is Mike Black and I live in the town of Blenheim located at the top of the South Island of New Zealand. 2008 was a watershed year for me, firstly I took up the recreational sport of diving, completing my Open Water Course on 30 Mar 2008 and secondly I turned 50 years young.

To date I have logged 27 dives, all salt water and in all sorts of conditions such as temperatures ranging from 9 degrees to 26 degrees centigrade, visibility from less than one metre to over 40 metres, beach dives, boat dives, scallop gathering dives, wreck dives, sight-seeing dives.

The best thing of all is that my wife and son and daughter have also taken up diving so it is a family affair.

I'm looking forward to reading about the experiences and advice from divers who have logged a few more dives than me and hopefully be able to contribute my own experiences from time to time.

 

[rsilva708]

Welcome to the board.

 

[diveChiq]

hay there - welcome to SB.
if you and your family are ever up auckland way .... let us know and we can arrange some dives!

tara

 

[Hemlon]

Welcome to the board!

Here are some tips to make your time at Scubaboard a fantastic experience:

1. Fill out your profile. This lets us get to know you! Who knows, maybe there are others out there who share your love of underwater basket weaving!

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