Buying and Servicing Dive Gear

Our staff look forward to meeting you soon to assist with your diving needs – whether it be equipment advice, servicing, tank testing, fills, hire, trips or just local knowledge advice – where the best dive is, for today’s conditions.

Air Fills

Air Fills $8.00
Our main compressor pumps 30 cu ft / minute. Our storage banks hold 65,000 litres of air at 330 bar pressure. This means you should never have to wait for a fill.
Our air purity is checked by NZU every three months and always meets their highest standard. We have mechanical filters, charcoal filters & cascade filters to ensure your lungs are bathed in the purest sea air.

Air Cylinder Testing

Island Bay Divers is a New Zealand Underwater (NZU) approved air cylinder testing station. We offer both hydrostatic and visual testing of cylinders and guarantee your tank will be tested within 24 hours.
Cylinder test rates are:

Item Test Rate
Visual Examination $38
Hydrostatic examination $49

Testing includes a free air fill.

Equipment hire

Click here for more information about hiring dive gear – equipment, rates and terms.

We only hire scuba to qualified divers – please bring your scuba certification card when you hire. These must be entered on the scuba hire form.

Equipment Service and Repair

We provide servicing and repair of all dive equipment. Some items, such as dive computers, are forwarded to specialist centres.
Our service rates are:

Item Standard Service Warranty Service
Regulator $130- $170 $72
Octopus $50 $30
Gauges $35 n/a
BCD $50 $30

Products

We carry over 800 different stock items. Visit the shop – click here to find us on Google Maps >

Our major brands are:

Cressi-sub – Italys leading manufacturer and the world’s oldest recereational supplier of diving equipment
Poseidon – Sweden’s leading brand
US Divers/ Aqualung
Atomic - a premier US brand
Sherwood – one of the oldest & most reputable US brands
Apollo – Japan’s leading brand
Apex & Dive rite – two of the best ‘Tech’ brands

Most brands have a New Zealand lifetime warranty.

We stock many other brands as well. Click here to view our full range of dive brands.

We offer drysuits from DUI, Dolphin, Apollo, Oceandry, Poseiden, Otter & Vyking. Trilaminate, neoprene or crushed neoprene models in made to measure or off the shelf.

Wetsuits and semi drys are available from Aqualung/US Divers, Cressi-sub, Apollo, Prodive, Poseiden, Dolphin, Bear & DUI. We also offer made to measure wetsuits.

Cylinders – we stock both aluminum & steel with K valve or Din valves – 8, 10, 12 litres – 85, 100 & 115 cu ft. Brands are Faber, Asahi, Catalina and Luxfer.

Spearfishing & free diving are very popular on our coasts. We stock Creesi-Sub, Picasso, Rob Allen, Esclapez equipment

We are agents for the following camera brands: Sea & Sea, Land & Sea, SeaLife, Intova

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Options for payment

We accept payment by most major credit cards. We have a policy of normal recommended retail price and a discounted price for cash or eftpos for most stock items – 20% off recommended retail for scuba sets (reg, BCD, gauges, octi) for example.

We also offer layby arrangements for items over $500.