Moana Mermaid

07/03/2024

02/11/2023

Been busy! Diving up in the Canterbury Wreck this week! Crazy low vis due to the cyclone - jusr glad we could still get out there

And previous week was diving in Tutukaka! Beautiful dive sites and found a dead Mako shark!

29/08/2023

DIVEEEEEMASSTTEEEEERRRR!!! 😎🤿

Was a long, cold journey but full of learning and adventures!!

I am now a professional diver! 😊😊

3 months to go with instruct 💪

25/08/2023

Forgot I made this … 🌺

18/08/2023

Missing this more and more everyday

11/08/2023

Happy Monday 😂

06/08/2023

Monday feels 🤣.

04/08/2023

POOR KNIGHTS!

Hands down the best diving in New Zealand. 20m+ Vis, gorgeous blue water, marine life beyond belief. I came here first in 2019, then again in late 2022, and now as a diver. Such an incredible experience being in the world with all the life beneath the islands. even the life against the sea walls! - Algaes, sponges, nudibranchs, tunicates, etc. Apart from the temp (😅) this diving almost took me back to my diving in Fiji.

Huge schools of Blue Mao Mao, Kingfish, Trevally and so many more.

I got to catch up with my instructor from earlier this year, who has since moved on to work at the Poor Knights Islands. She gave great words of wisdom and what the next steps are after I finish up in Auckland.

Thank you Dive Tutukaka for a fantastic two days 😍 I will be back (hopefully employed 🤞)

27/07/2023

In Honor of shark week - here's my crazy shark dive in Pacific Harbor, Fiji. I remember this day so vividly, the most unbelievable, surreal feeling. Just after we had entered the water, my friend told me to look down... and just sharks... everywhere! Once we descended and the Pros had set up the tuna head bait, that's when the real sharks showed up

Schools of about 40 bull sharks just feeding right in front of me, oh my god. I think I was a bit narc'd from the depth which is why I enjoyed it so much and didn't sh*t myself

I'm so excited to get back into waters like this. Crazy to think I remember at the site the instructor told us that a group of guys were all doing divemaster training with us that day... crazy to think I'm in that position now! Not much more to go

Happy Shark week everyone! These guys are never and will never be the villains Jaws turned them into. Next shark on my list... Whale Shark!

27/07/2023

Here's the Start of my huge Fiji dump :)

 I lived in a small village in Dawasamu (East coast of Fiji) For just under 12 weeks, doing Coral reef Research, Surveys, and Education. This is where I took my first-ever breaths underwater. Since then I haven't looked back and I have begun my professional diving career. Can't wait to get back here with all the knowledge Im gaining back in NZ.
30 degree water and 12m+ vis I strongly miss during these cold New Zealand winters!

25/07/2023

Hey everyone! My course direction suggested making a page dedicated to diving. Considering that's my 9-5 at the mo, thought it would be fun. This page is a journey in divemaster and instructor training to hopefully be a professional in the diving world by the end of this year!