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Nicholas

About Nicholas

Nicholas has always intended to work under the oceans and become a voice for marine conservation. He has a graduate degree in Marine Biology & Oceanography and is an experienced PADI scuba diving instructor. He lived and worked in Egypt as an instructor and dive guide until 2014, when he then moved to work in South Africa with Kathryn. His passions are educating others about marine life and sharing with them the beauty of the oceans, from the smallest critters to the larger well known species. He likes nothing more than teaching people of all ages to scuba dive and is a keen photographer and videographer.

Diving the Poor Knights

Our 66th Friends for Sharks event was at Dive! Tutukaka. They very generously offered to give us a day diving at New Zealand’s premier diving destination, the Poor Knights. This small cluster of islands sits approximately 15 miles (24 km) North East of Tutukaka in New Zealand’s Northland. The team at Dive! is extremely friendly, […]

By |September 2nd, 2015|Blog|Comments Off on Diving the Poor Knights

Bay of Plenty of Difficulties.

After feeling rejuvenated by our afternoon in the Spa, Kathryn and I enjoyed a few days exploring local geothermal areas and catching up with office work before our final Rotorua event with Forest and Bird. We always enjoy our F&B events and with the friendliness we’d encountered thus far in Rotorua we had high expectations […]

By |August 14th, 2015|Blog|Comments Off on Bay of Plenty of Difficulties.

Smelling Sulphur

While both Kathryn and I had recovered from our illness by the time we left our rest-break in Bay View campsite near Napier, we were still drained by the ordeal. We looked forward to visiting Taupo and especially Rotorua which is known as the health centre of New Zealand thanks to its active geothermal nature. […]

By |July 28th, 2015|Blog|Comments Off on Smelling Sulphur

Non-stop in Nelson

It was seven weeks ago that we left Te Anau YHA where we’d put our time to good use booking plenty of events for the Nelson area. We were fortunate to be granted the same treatment by the wonderful YHA folks in Nelson for the fifteen events we had arranged up here. Our Wendekreisen Campervan […]

By |June 27th, 2015|Blog|Comments Off on Non-stop in Nelson

Christchurch Crusaders Crusading

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Cinebags Sponsorship

Another business has emerged to sponsor the work of Friends for Sharks. We met the Owner and CEO of Cinebags, Markus Davids in South Africa last year when he joined us as one of our customers for a few days of White Shark spotting and diving. He has only recently heard about what we’re doing […]

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The Chasm

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Dancing Craig

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Hookers Sea Lions

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Trigger fish, Engagement day

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