SCUBA EQUIPMENT MAINTAINENCE

In an equipment intensive sport such as this, it is important to have your gear routinely inspected. Small equipment failures can result in large problems! At Dive Centre we specialise in Certified Repair for all brands. We are a wholesale repair facility using fully qualified and highly trained technicians.

By investing in our facilities and staff, and by making the commitment to do all aspects of equipment maintainence, testing and repairing on-site, we control every stage of the process, so we can ensure only the latest equipment and techniques are used to maintain your scuba equipment.

Don't let a minor malfunction leave you high and dry on your next trip. Let us prevent the problem before it happens, so you can get in the water every time!

SUPER-CLEAN AIR FILLS

Not all Air fill stations are built the same! With Dive Centre Air, you are guaranteed to have air that far exceeds New Zealand and International Standards. For those of you in the know, we deliver "Grade E" air quality. Not many other Air Fill facilities in New Zealand can make this statement.

How do we achieve this exceptionally clean air? Again by investing in the best! On 1st June 2007 we installed a brand new Bauer Verticus 5 V180-15-5 Super Silent compressor. This compressor is computer controlled and even samples the air and will automatically shut down if air quality exceeds NZ standards! Now that's piece of mind for you and us. Check out our Bauer compressor info by clicking here. We also have an exceptionally large filter system, more than 5x the size of "normal dive stores" compressors. We have our Air routinely tested for Air Quality ensuring that our system is giving you the cleanest air possible. Being serious about air quality, we also only use the experts at High Pressure Equipment, to service our air quality systems.

We also have massive storage banks that can be used to fill up to 15-20 cylinders without starting up our compressor. This means we can fill while-you-wait 7 days per week, no matter what! We do this by utilising a "Haskel Pump". This expensive piece of equipment is an air driven pump that uses air from storage to pump the air into your cylinder. This allows us to fill cylinders even during a power cut!
Ultimate convienience and reliability for you when you are in a hurry to get out on the water.

Dnax Membrane Enriched Air Fills

Imagine all the benefits of diving Enriched Air, without any of the hassles of dedicated cylinders or O2 cleaning!

A lot of people diving Enriched Air use it to feel safer. If you do a dive to 18 metres, and spend 50 minutes of the 56 minute maximum, you are fairly close to the limits. But if you use 40% Enriched Air and do the same dive, you will have used only 50 minutes of a 2 hour and 5 minute maximum! This is far safer!! Other benefits of Enriched Air, are that you can spend longer at depth than on air, and you feel much less tired after a day's diving.

Usually cylinders have to be specially cleaned for Enriched Air, but thanks to Dive Centres new advanced "De-Nitrogenated Air Nitrox" filling system this is no longer required! Just a simple inspection, some new stickers and your cylinders are ready. Your Regulator, BCD, and the rest of your equipment does not have to be specially cleaned or altered!

We have a Bauer K14 10 cfm (cubic foot per minute) compressor that is not only a back up to our main compressor but runs our Dnax Membrane Enriched Air fill Station as well.

We take the already Super-Clean air from our storage, and feed this through three more filters before it goes into your cylinder via the Membrane! (This is very clean air!) 

A Membrane is basically a type of filter, its real name is a Permeable Membrane which means it separates the Nitrogen and Oxygen, at a molecular level, from our storage air. (You can click here if you want to learn more about Dnax Membrane Technology) All we have to do is turn a dial, and it separates more Nitrogen off, so we end up with a higher level of Oxygen going to our Enriched Air Compressor. Because the Enriched Air is going into the compressor and cylinder at 40% or below, the cylinders don't have to be O2 clean. This is far more convienient for you, because it means you can choose to dive on Enriched Air one day, and normal Air the next, no dedicated cylinders! Unlike older systems that put 100% Oxygen into the cylinder and "Top-up" with normal air, to hopefully end up at the % you wish.

Click here to check out our Enriched Air Course!

CYLINDER TESTING

We are an IANZ Cylinder Testing Laboratory adhering to ISO 9002 standards, which is the most advanced cylinder testing system in New Zealand. We are authorised to test Air and BA cylinders, Domestic LPG Cylinders, Automotive LPG & Automotive CNG Cylinders.

Again, because we have dedicated fulltime staff for Cylinder Testing, we can provide you with very fast turn around times, making it easy when those tests run out without warning! If you need to get out diving, we can get the test done... fast! And if you have literally run out of time, just leave your cylinder with us, we will give you one of ours to use and have yours ready for when you are back!

It doesn't matter if you've just arrived from overseas with a set of cylinders needing approval, your cylinders just need their yearly test, or even just a valve repair, we are your cylinder professionals on the Shore!

LPG EQUIPMENT SERVICE AND MAINTAINENCE

We also repair and service your LPG Cabinet Heaters & Patio Heaters on-site, and have a complete range of LPG Parts and accessories for Cookers, BBQ's, Cylinders and Caravans.

Having trouble lighting your LPG Cabinet heater, each year you should bring in your LPG Cabinet Heater for a full Dive Centre Saftey Service.