Who We Are                             

Go Deep Scuba, your premium dive training facility in both Wanganui and Palmerston North, Manawatu.  The Wanganui branch is both SSI and PADI Dive shop and is a Project AWARE Go Eco Operator.  The Palmerston North shop is a SSI Dive centre that recognises all training completed by other dive agencies. 

 

You will receive top quality, safe and fun scuba dive training of all levels through to Instructor training.  Our friendly, experienced and professional team are waiting to answer your questions and with patience, alleviate your fears and anxieties, to ensure you enjoy your diving experience and are a confident and competent scuba diver . 

 

Whether you are learning to dive or you are an experienced diver, we have an active social dive club, taking dive trips around New Zealand and overseas.  Throughout the year we run many scuba diving refresher courses, try scuba programmes and get the kids involved in school holiday programmes.    

 

Go Deep Scuba was the winner of the ABN-AMRO Craigs Wanganui Business Awards "Leisure and Tourism Award" for 2008 and the "Micro Business Excellence" award in 2007.  Also winning the Project AWARE Foundation's Environment Achievement Awards for 2006 and 2007.

 

Your needs as a recreational diver are our prime focus.  If you have a busy work schedule or personal life, our courses are ultra flexible - so flexible in fact we have been described as being the gymnasts of the diving community.  We want you to have a great diving experience with Go Deep Scuba so  provide you with quality, safe and fun filled training.

 

All training is conducted in our classroom in Wanganui or Palmerston North where we provide some of the latest technology to bring your course in an easy to follow and to learn format. 

 

We use locally based facilities in both regions for the confined water sessions that need to be completed. For the open water portion of the training we travel away usually to Wellington. 

 

Meet The Crew:

Sharon Grant, SSI Instructor Trainer and PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer

Sharon is the owner of Go Deep Scuba and has been diving for eight years. Sharon is a SSI (Scuba Schools International) Instructor Trainer and PADI (Professional Association of Dive Instructors) Master Scuba Diver Trainer.  As a SSI Instructor Trainer, Sharon is only one of four women to have reached this level in New Zealand.  Sharon is very motivated and enthusiastic about all things diving, but in particular looking after and caring for the environment and getting more women involved in scuba diving.  Her other passion is Underwater Photography and many of her pictures can be found in the albums in the retail areas of both shops and in the photo gallery on this website. 

 

Sharon has three children and works between the Wanganui and Palmerston North branches in addition to dive training throughout the week and weekends. 

 

Sharon will be one of the Instructors taking your through your course requirements up to Instructor level. This includes Instructor crossover course, Advanced Open Water Instructor and DiveCon Specialist Instructor. 

 

Email Sharon : sharon@godeepscuba.co.nz

 

Sharon's Qualifications

  • SSI Instructor Trainer

  • PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer

  • Approved Filler of Gas Cylinders

  • Service Technician

 

Specialty Instructor Ratings

  • Deep Diver Specialty Instructor - SSI and PADI

  • Underwater Navigator Specialty Instructor - SSI and PADI

  • Underwater Photographer Specialty Instructor - SSI and PADI

  • Digital Underwater Photographer Specialty Instructor - SSI

  • Wreck Diving Specialty Instructor - SSI and PADI

  • Altitude Specialty Instructor - SSI and PADI

  • Boat Specialty Instructor - SSI and PADI

  • Shore diving/Waves, Tides & Currents Specialty Instructor - SSI

  • Marine ID Specialty Instructor - SSI / Underwater Naturalist Specialty Instructor - PADI

  • Multilevel Diver/Computer Specialty Instructor - SSI and PADI

  • Dry Suit Specialty Instructor - SSI and PADI

  • Oxygen First Aid Specialty Instructor - PADI

  • Search & Recovery Specialty Instructor- SSI and PADI

  • Night & Limited Visibility Specialty Instructor - SSI and PADI

  • Hunting & Collecting specialty Specialty Instructor - SSI and PADI

  • Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty Instructor- PADI

  • Project Aware Specialty Instructor - PADI

  • Aware Coral Reef Conservation Specialty Instructor - PADI

First Aid

 

  • Medic First Aid Facilitator/Independent Instructor

  • PADI Emergency First Response Instructor

 

Richard Jamieson, Technical Services Manager

 

Richard is our qualified Service Technician for a range of gear including Apollo, Sherwood, Aqualung, Atomic, Atlantis, Dive Rite, Genesis, Mares, Dacor, Oceanic and Scubapro. He completes all our servicing needs for both Wanganui and Palmerston North. 

 

Richard is also an Approved Filler of Gas Cylinders and is a ERMA approved Periodic Scuba Cylinder Tester. 

 

Richard assists in the shop during the weekends and is also a very keen diver working towards his Divemaster qualification.

 

Email Richard: service@godeepscuba.co.nz

 

 

Andy Stevenson, SSI & PADI Open Water Instructor

Andy is currently training towards his SSI Advanced Open Water Instructor and has been diving for 7 years.  Andy is very passionate about assisting those with disabilities to get into the water and to learn to blow bubbles.  Andy is based in our Palmerston North branch.

 

Andy's Qualifications:

 

  • SSI Open Water Instructor

  • PADI Open Water Instructor

  • IAHD (International Association of Handicapped Divers) Instructor

  • First Aid Provider

 

SSI Specialty Instructor Ratings

  • Deep Diving Specialty Instructor - SSI

  • Search & Recovery Diver Specialty Instructor - SSI

  • Boat Diver Specialty Instructor - SSI

  • Underwater Navigation Specialty Instructor - SSI

  • Night & Limited Visibility Specialty Instructor - SSI

  • Stress & Rescue Diver Specialty Instructor - SSI

Anthony Johnson, SSI Open Water Instructor

Anthony has successfully achieved his Open Water Instructor rating.  He is an Approved Scuba Cylinder Filler and a Medic First Aid Instructor.  Anthony will be assisting in both the Wanganui and Palmerston North shops whilst he continues his Instructor level training.

He is an active and experienced diver. 

 

Anthony's Qualifications:

 

  • SSI Open Water Instructor

  • Medic First Aid Corporate Instructor

  • Approved Filler of Gas Cylinders

 

SSI Specialty Instructor Ratings

  • Deep Diving Specialty Instructor

  • Search & Recovery Specialty Instructor

  • Boat Diver Specialty Instructor

  • Computer Diving Specialty Instructor

  • Underwater Navigation Specialty Instructor

  • Waves, Tides, Currents (Shore) Specialty Instructor

  • Marine ID (Underwater Naturalist) Specialty Instructor

  • Night & Limited Visibility Specialty Instructor

 

Ged Lambe, SSI Advanced Open Water Diver/Retail Assistant

Ged is a new acquisition to Go Deep Scuba.  He is currently training towards his SSI Dive Control Specialist qualification.  He was trained as a PADI Diver in the Caribbean in 1992.  He gave up diving for a little while due to having kids, but his love for diving has continued.  He has passed this onto his children who are in the process of completing their junior open water  qualification.  Ged assists in the Wanganui store Mondays and Thursdays.

 

 

 

 

 

David Lindsay, SSI Dive Control Specialist

David is currently employed on a part time basis. David is a very keen diver who enjoys hunting and collecting.  David has been diving for four years and is loves being underwater. 

 

David is mainly in the Wanganui shop and is keen to help you with any of your diving related enquiries. David is also part of our technical services team. 

 

David's qualifications:

  • SSI Dive Control Specialist

  • Service Technician

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Andy Ewen, Dive Control Specialist/Retail Assistant

Andy is a very keen diver, who has just completed his Dive Control Specialist qualification.  Andy will often be found assisting with dive trips and helping out in the Palmerston North store.  Andy is very knowledgeable about the underwater environment and would be keen to help you in any way he can.

 

Email Andy: andye@godeepscuba.co.nz

 

 

 

Eli Davis, Dive Control Specialist

Eli is a new addition to the Go Deep Scuba team.  He has recently completed his Dive Control Specialist qualification.  Eli has been diving for a number of years and works part time in the Palmerston North store Monday to Friday. 

 

Email Eli: eli@godeepscuba.co.nz

 

 

 

Troian Grant, Open Water Diver & Retail Assistant

Troian is a High School student who assists in the shop after school and during school holidays.  Troian has been diving for three years and is currently an Open Water diver.  She is hoping to complete her Advanced course during the coming year.  Troian is very

passionate about animals and in particular endangered species.

 

Email Troian: troian@godeepscuba.co.nz

 

 

 

We would love to see you at Go Deep Scuba and if you would like any further information, please do not hesitate to contact us.

 

        Testimonials

"At the beginning of my Instructor's course, I felt challenged.  After having been through the course, passed the final evaluations, I feel liberated

and qualified, all with the friendly "Instructorship" of my Instructor Trainer, Sharon Grant.  Thank you muchly.  Richard Barker, OWI 35866

 

 

"Our senior students have worked with the team at Go Deep Scuba for the past two years, gaining their open water diving certificate

as well as NCEA credits for their physical education courses. Our instructor Sharon did a fantastic job of putting nervous students at

ease and was an expert at making each lesson fun and as informative as possible. She consistently went out of her way to make sure

that our students mastered all of the skills necessary before undertaking their first open water dive. She is a great communicator,

teacher and motivator. It is clear to see she is passionate about all aspects of diving, including teaching others.

 

It was fantastic to see the change in many of the students from giggling and nervous their first time in the pool, to confident and

careful divers; respectful of the underwater environment.

 

Our thanks extend to Sharon, Tracey and Anthony, for helping to make our first diving experiences positive, inspirational and

above all, safe! I know our students have gained some important life skills as well as accomplished some personal goals that

will remain with them forever." Alicia Johnson, Wanganui Girls’ College.

 

 

                                                                                                                                             

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