The NZU actively promotes formal diving education from experience-based introductions to professional qualifications.
NZ Underwater maintains a specialist emergency contact line for divers and provides analysis of incident data.
Survive
Educating active divers and and boaties on best practice requires on-going work across multiple media initiatives.
Best Practice
With divers, spearfisherman, snorkelers or swimmers in the water it is a legal requirement to display a dive flag.
Always dive with a buddy. The Buddy system is developed to improve diver survival across a range of situations.
Routine maintenance is an imperative component of the diver's schedule. Failure can have severe consequences.
