In the words of Richard Vernon, "you need with the bull, you get the horns". Too bad the breakfast club wasn't available for Japanese viewers until 1985.
3mm wetsuit is enough. most use a single 12ltr tank. on air or nitrox...staying at the blue lagoon hotel, will mean u can have 2wks for the same price as 1wk on a liveaboard.+at blue lagoon, then u can do 2x deep/long dives a day, not 4x quick dives, on a liveaboard.get there soon though, as structures are collapsing due to trapped divers air?
Hauraki is pronounced Ha-oo-racki, exactly as it looks. When the word is spoken at normal speed, the "u" is almost silent but definitely should be heard. It is a 4 syllable word, not 3. Thanks to the missionaries to New Zealand in the early 1800's who did a great job of transcribing spoken Maori into a written language.
Never change the name of a ship,,I dove TURK now CHUK,,,1986 13 ships,,,,NICE,,very,,,,amazing,,,Me ME Gorillia and Stingray,,,guides,,I wonder how they are,,,,WHAT 160 feet??? I did 135 ft only,,The Dive shop was Clark Graham I see Nitrox,,,,