SOUTH POLE DIVERS
It was a busy week last week for training at Go Dive Marlborough.
DIVERS GETTING READY FOR ANOTHER DIVE
Ten Americans that had wintered over at the South Pole had too much time on their hands and decided they would learn to dive on their way home.
They chartered EJ and Phoenix from Compass Charters and took to the water with an instructor on board. Five Open Water and two Advanced Open Water divers was the result after a week at sea around Queen Charlotte Sound.
The first day was spent in the pool in Blenheim. Then it was on to confined open water and eventually open water. Classroom work was done aboard on a day by day basis.
The group had everything the ‘Sounds could throw at it. Hot and calm with blue sky (read sunburn), through to 50 knot westerlies on the mooring at Furneaux, and everything in between.
JAMES WITH HIS NEW VIDEO SETUP
The students trained in the relaxed environment of their own boats with plenty of time for the lessons. After being locked up at the Pole for nine months they had a lot of partying to catch up on… Furneaux lodge and Lochmara lodge were popular stop overs!
RELAXING AFTER A HARD DAY WITH A BEER AND BOOK
Once finally qualified, diving for scallops and pulling mussels off the moorings added to the tons of food on board.
Congratulations to Jason, James, Josiah, Jeff, Mandi, Andy and Todd on their new diving qualifications.
A huge thanks to Guy, Nine and Andrea, Go Dive Marlborough instructing staff, for there excellent job in taking the group for their PADI courses and and a big thanks to the group for diving with Go Dive..
Report written by Guy, photos by Josiah.