September 14, 2005 - My local diving community
The diving community here in Wellington is pretty similar to the majority of New Zealand that I have experienced.
We have a small core of divers who think they already know it all, and take huge risks and think they are bullet-proof and will try to do the job without the right equipment. (Usually hunters blinded by cray fever)
Then we have the ones who are still learning and because they don?t ?get it? straight away they give up, or dive very infrequently and don?t try to help themselves at all.
Then we have the small dedicated group of divers who are safety conscious, dive as often as they can to become good at it and generally do become great safe divers who are a joy to dive with.
The latter group is the one that Little Darlin and I fall into and associate with.
Unfortunately as an instructor I have to deal with and teach divers from all those groups. I try my best to help them become divers in the latter group but, as some of you probably know, most Kiwis? are stubborn.
Little Darlin and I are going to try and set up a group that helps those likeminded safe and enthusiastic divers get together and dive together. It?s also going to be a group that doesn?t hunt as a lot of divers we have met are sick of being buddied up with cray mad divers who don?t give a continental about their buddy or looking at things underwater. Their aim is to swim around at break-neck-speed looking for as many cray?s as they can get and destroying anything in their path.
It might take some time for us to set up this group as I will be very busy with the shop over summer, but then we are in no particular hurry as we are quite happy diving with each other.
Any kiwis, or divers thinking of visiting New Zealand, please feel free to contact me about diving with us. Both Little Darlin and I enjoy sharing our beautiful ocean with others.
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