Diveworks Charters

05/06/2024

Kawerau Blue Light fishing trip tomorrow. Bring it on Whakatane.

03/01/2024

Spaces have come up on this mornings Diveworks Dolphin and Seal Encounters

10.00 am start back at approx 2pm.
Text or Ph 0272444964 for more info

18/12/2023

So WONDERFUL getting bookings - hopefully we have a beautiful summer will keep you updated on upcoming trips.

Everything is booked up to 29th
- spaces on our Whale Island Tours 29th December
- 6 spaces on full day inshore fishing 30th $220 including rod/bait filleting
- Dolphin and Seal spaces from the 3, 4, 5, 6th spaces

Message me if you have any queries - Steph 027 2444964

18/12/2023

We have 1 spot left on a half day fishing this Saturday 23rd. $120 pp includes rod/bait/filleting. Just bring cold drink, snacks. Best contact is Steph 027 2444 964. :)

Sorry forgot to put time :)

8.00 am back at midday.

06/02/2023

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22/01/2023

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12/01/2023

Thanks SaltyEgo for the lovely photo taken from one our trips with our 5 days of Summer🤣 since then we have had rain, rain, rain and more cancellations. Let's hope it's a better weather next week and summer months to come and we experience more days like this photo.

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Nature is breathtaking and crossing paths with it cannot be overstated!

That's what we're all about, getting people outside and interacting with the ocean to appreciate and learn from it.

03/01/2023

Nice Red Snapper on a Jig.

01/01/2023

UPDATED: Thursday, 5 January - HEALTH WARNING LIFTED

The health warning and temporary closure of a section of Ōhope Beach has now been lifted.

Tēnā koutou i ngākaunui mai / Thanks for your cooperation

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⚠️ Temporary closure to section of Ōhope Beach ⚠️ 1 January

A wastewater discharge has been identified today at the stream adjacent to Ōhope Beach School and Wharekura Reserve (tennis courts).

A health warning is in place and the stream and beach in the surrounding area is closed until further notice.

People are advised not to swim, fish or gather shellfish until the temporary health warning has been lifted.

The area of beach closed extends from Rūrima Reserve in the west to Waterford Estate in the east.

Whakatāne District Council has placed signs in the affected area and will be testing the water.

👍🏽 Tēnā koutou i ngākaunui mai / Thanks for your cooperation

28/12/2022

UPDATE only 1 space left for tomorrow.

Spaces on our Kingfishing Trip this Friday

- 5 spaces

- $250 each includes full day, all fishing gear provided.

Wooo!

04/11/2022

If you would like to make a donation of $3 txt BOOTS to 469
Let's make a difference to people's lives in each community of this beautiful country.

Tomorrow we will go live across three platforms
will be speaking to guests in the studio and will be crossing live to our ambassadors in Te Awamutu, Mt Maunganui as well as to other events across NZ

WATCH ON :
www.gumbootfriday.org/events
OR
I AM HOPE page
OR
GUMBOOT FRIDAY page.

Friday Nov 4th
12-7pm

27/10/2022

Half day morning fishing trip next Saturday - 5th November - with 3 spaces.

$100 per angler - includes rod/bait.

Msg or phone 027 2444 964 or 07 308 2001 :)

08/09/2022

Well a few warm, sunny days and you start to think about summer coming up. This year has gone SO fast. Just watched this little bit of footage online. Seals are the dogs of the sea - :) Enjoy. We will be firing up end of October. We are just busy putting DoC paperwork for next week for our Dolphin and Seal Encounters and getting our boat back in the water.

https://fb.watch/fpkmH9-yVm/

30/06/2022

Salty Ego - win win win

‼️GIVEAWAY TIME ‼️ - GIVEAWAY CLOSED
In honour of Salty Ego launching in one weeks time, we will be doing a giveaway to kickstart it all.
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How to Enter:
- like this post!
- Tag a friend in the comments (each person tagged is one entry)
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For an additional entry, share to your story and tag us!

The giveaway will include:
- Any Hoodie/Crewneck of your choice
- Any t-shirt of your choice
- May even be some extras in there 😉

Winner Drawn on our release date - 1 July at 6pm!
GOODLUCK 🤩

30/06/2022

Our beautiful deckie Carly has been busy putting Salty Ego together. It goes live tomorrow - all the very best Carly - support local - small business.

‼️So Big News‼️ saltyego.com
We have our pre sale launch tomorrow starting at 10am!! ... The website and everything will go live at that time! The pre sale launch will go on for 2 weeks, or until stocks run out. After that 2 week period everything will be lovingly handcrafted and shipped out to you all! So incredibly grateful for this whole preparation journey and can't wait to see what the future holds for all us Salty
Egos 🤩☺️🌊

12/04/2022

WHALE ISLAND TRIPS COMING UP: THIS EASTER SATURDAY

UPDATE 2 spaces left *****

- spaces have become available for our Whale Island Guided Walk.
- Moderate walking level needed for Whale Island walks.

Here are the details for Whale Island Guided walks.

Whale Island Guided Tour - approx 4 - 4.5 hour tour - approximately 9.30 am -2.00 pm this is flexible

Whale Island (Moutohora) is a wildlife sanctuary run by DOC and the local NgatiAwa Management Committee. The tour begins with quarantine at our new office 31 Quay Street, Whakatane. We suggest customers bring water bottle, hat, walking shoes (that may get wet/sandy) , jacket, backpack, any food must be in sealed bags. Please check your shoes, and gear before quarantine then a faster quarantine can happen. Tour includes viewing Kekeno seals, circumnavigation of the Island, guided walk up to the Saddle, possible views of birds including Saddleback, Kakariki, Tuis - geckos and skinks, geothermal area, swim or paddle at Hot water beach or Boulder Bay. This trip is a ambling walk - we stop, talk, take photos - when you get onto the Island - you can't help but slow down and look around you. 🙂

09/04/2022

Fish bodies just coming into wharf. Berth opposite White Island Tours motel. Free, bring a bin to put them in.

09/04/2022

Whale Island Guided Walk 10th April

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WHALE ISLAND TRIPS COMING UP: Looking out today we still have sunshine, blue skies and beautiful days. Come out with us!

Sunday 20th March - spaces
Wednesday 23rd March - spaces
Saturday 26th March - a few spaces

Here are the details for Whale Island Guided walks.

Whale Island Guided Tour - approx 4 - 4.5 hour tour - approximately 9.30 am -2.00 pm this is flexible

Whale Island (Moutohora) is a wildlife sanctuary run by DOC and the local NgatiAwa Management Committee. The tour begins with quarantine at our new office 31 Quay Street, Whakatane. We suggest customers bring water bottle, hat, walking shoes (that may get wet/sandy) , jacket, backpack, any food must be in sealed bags. Please check your shoes, and gear before quarantine then a faster quarantine can happen. Tour includes viewing Kekeno seals, circumnavigation of the Island, guided walk up to the Saddle, possible views of birds including Saddleback, Kakariki, Tuis - geckos and skinks, geothermal area, swim or paddle at Hot water beach or Boulder Bay. This trip is a ambling walk - we stop, talk, take photos - when you get onto the Island - you can't help but slow down and look around you. 🙂

Adult (13 yrs and up) $120pp
Child - $65 (13 years and under - for baby rates please enquire:)

To book - txt 027 2444 964 or pm us. :)

14/03/2022

SPACES ON A FULL DAY FISHING - April 8th or 9th (preference is for the 8th but our customer will take 9th is easier to fill)
$165 per angler - includes rod/bait

Bring Lunch, cold drink.

Leave a message or txt 027 2444 964 if keen to go catch some fish. :)

14/03/2022

WHALE ISLAND TRIP Tomorrow 10th April

spaces for a mid morning tour, seas have been fantastic in the last few days

end of summer special $100 save $20 per person.

Bring togs, towel, lunch, cold drink.

🙂😁

WHALE ISLAND TRIPS COMING UP: Looking out today we still have sunshine, blue skies and beautiful days. Come out with us!

Sunday 20th March - spaces
Wednesday 23rd March - spaces
Saturday 26th March - a few spaces

Here are the details for Whale Island Guided walks.

Whale Island Guided Tour - approx 4 - 4.5 hour tour - approximately 9.30 am -2.00 pm this is flexible

Whale Island (Moutohora) is a wildlife sanctuary run by DOC and the local NgatiAwa Management Committee. The tour begins with quarantine at our new office 31 Quay Street, Whakatane. We suggest customers bring water bottle, hat, walking shoes (that may get wet/sandy) , jacket, backpack, any food must be in sealed bags. Please check your shoes, and gear before quarantine then a faster quarantine can happen. Tour includes viewing Kekeno seals, circumnavigation of the Island, guided walk up to the Saddle, possible views of birds including Saddleback, Kakariki, Tuis - geckos and skinks, geothermal area, swim or paddle at Hot water beach or Boulder Bay. This trip is a ambling walk - we stop, talk, take photos - when you get onto the Island - you can't help but slow down and look around you. 🙂

Adult (13 yrs and up) $120pp
Child - $65 (13 years and under - for baby rates please enquire:)

To book - txt 027 2444 964 or pm us. :)

24/02/2022

WHALE ISLAND TRIPS COMING UP: Looking out today we still have sunshine, blue skies and beautiful days. Come out with us!

Sunday 20th March - spaces
Wednesday 23rd March - spaces
Saturday 26th March - a few spaces

Here are the details for Whale Island Guided walks.

Whale Island Guided Tour - approx 4 - 4.5 hour tour - approximately 9.30 am -2.00 pm this is flexible

Whale Island (Moutohora) is a wildlife sanctuary run by DOC and the local NgatiAwa Management Committee. The tour begins with quarantine at our new office 31 Quay Street, Whakatane. We suggest customers bring water bottle, hat, walking shoes (that may get wet/sandy) , jacket, backpack, any food must be in sealed bags. Please check your shoes, and gear before quarantine then a faster quarantine can happen. Tour includes viewing Kekeno seals, circumnavigation of the Island, guided walk up to the Saddle, possible views of birds including Saddleback, Kakariki, Tuis - geckos and skinks, geothermal area, swim or paddle at Hot water beach or Boulder Bay. This trip is a ambling walk - we stop, talk, take photos - when you get onto the Island - you can't help but slow down and look around you. 🙂

Adult (13 yrs and up) $120pp
Child - $65 (13 years and under - for baby rates please enquire:)

To book - txt 027 2444 964 or pm us. :)

04/02/2022

Carly has just put out her next video on her SaltyEgo YouTube channel. If you have a few minutes it has some great footage. Hard to believe we have all that in our beautiful country of New Zealand. We certainly live in the Bay of PLENTY! Well done Carly!

Join us in this experience where we venture out to the big blue, and along the journeys, spend time with nature down below, accompanied by dolphins, seals, e...

01/02/2022

Yesterdays tour with two lovely families ...

16/01/2022

Carly was born and raised on Diveworks. Please subscribe to and check out her Youtube channel. https://youtu.be/LftUNX2Khr8

Join us in my first video, where I take you along with me into the deep blue, joined by dolphins and seals and a wee bit of an attempt at wharf fishing! We h...

13/01/2022

Cancelling our tours over the weekend thanks to Cyclone Cody. 🌊🌬😬

11/01/2022

A great trip with Kawerau Blue light. Young men were great.

06/01/2022

This is footage from todays seal encounter - they are SO awesome and interactive. Thanks Wayne Feisst for always providing us with great footage. :)

Diveworks Charters did a 3 year study in conjunction with Mary Cowling and Rosemary Tully - which enabled us to get a permit to swim with them. One important part of the study is that the seals don't like people being on their rocks, or being higher than them - they get agitated and feel threatened - we always swim in the lagoon - stay away from their 'home' and let them come out to us.

04/01/2022

🥰🐬🐬🐬

Can't ask for better feedback:

Hi Steph,
We wanted to say thank you so much for the boat trip today. It was absolutely magical. The children loved it.
Many thanks,

28/12/2021

Trips coming up next week:

2nd Jan~ spaces
3rd Jan ~ full
6th Jan ~ spaces

Info on tour:

Dolphin and Seal Encounters - approx 4 hour tour - usually morning tours - 9.30 am - 1.30pm (sea conditions are better in the morning)

The tour begins with customers arriving at our new Departure Office ~ 31 Quay Street, Whakatane. Payment made, then wetsuits, fins, are fitted out onto the people. We suggest all swimmers bring: towel, water bottle, lunch, warm jacket, hat, sunscreen, camera, flip flop shoes and a happy disposition. Customers will walk over to the Green Wharf - approx 50metres from shop. We have had a high success rate with dolphin sightings last season - fabulous opportunities to view and to swim - then heading back to Whale Island (Moutohora) to swim with the friendly Kekeno seals -


Adult $160 pp swimmer - includes snorkeling gear $130 watcher

Child $10 x their age - ie 1 year old $10, 5 year old $50 - swimmer or watcher
We have some children's wetsuits - if you have your own please bring it. :)

Note: Our tour is not a guaranteed viewing or swimming with dolphins or seals. The open sea is a big area so while we do our very best to spot dolphins some trips end up having no dolphins - the seals usually make up for this. Some trips, we may not be able to swim with dolphins - they may have babies, be feeding, going too fast or breeding. While we are able to be up close, swim and enjoy the marine life, the care of dolphin and seals natural activities come first - we are observers of the beautiful waters in and around Whale Island (Moutohora) - but can participate too.

If you are unwell please do not come on our tour - there is no charge for cancelling and we would rather you look after yourself 🙂
- we welcome ALL customers that want to come out and enjoy our beautiful waters.

ALL trips subject to min numbers, sea/weather conditions.

Boat has a toilet - common question 🙂

14/11/2021

Just passed Survey for the next 3 years. A bit of cosmetic surgery to do and back in the water. It's been a hard 3 years, White Island followed by Covid with hardly many trips but we have survived. Thanks to all our customers who have stuck with us. We have some new premises to set up at 31 Quay street and hope to be up and running by the end of November. Regards to all Phil and Steph.