Taking over where No Bubbles left off, Mike from Oceanhunter is now offering freediving courses around the country. These courses are an excellent way to kick-start your freediving or spearfishing and I highly recommend them. Oceanhunter has worked very positively with the Lazy Seals and AIDA NZ, with Mike being a big proponent of the sport in New Zealand.

Another big day in competition for the athletes, with more top performances. Michael Cheeseman from Australia opened proceedings with a 6:00 static in his first ever competition, followed by Alisdair Eddie setting a new South African record in dynamic with no fins. Guy Brew increased his dynamic personal best to 226m, while four other competitors did dynamics over 150m.

An astonishing day first up, with five national records and some huge dives. Guy Brew kicked things off with a massive 9:03 static, with Dave Mullins doing a 232m no fins dynamic; 18m more than his current world record!

Once again we have good numbers for Sunday, with most divers opting for dynamics with fins. Michael Cheeseman kicks things off with another static at 10:45am, with the last dive at 1:16pm.

Good luck to all!

The draw for the first day is up, with Guy leading off at 10:45 with a static. We have eight male competitors and three females in the performance grade, with four recreational grade divers and three juniors. Final top time is 1:30pm.

Good luck to all!

For those of you that're interested, a few of the Lazy Seals & the Southern Bluefins will be going to watch the documentary The Cove, filmed with assistance from famous freedivers Mandy-Rae Cruickshank & Kirk Krack. To find out more, see www.thecovemovie.com or email me at chris@lazyseal.co.nz

Everyone is welcome, so bring friends, family and random strangers you meet on the street!

The Lazy Seals are running a quick introduction to freediving/snorkelling on Sunday 5 July, 11am to 4pm at Porirua Pool.

For anybody interested, there will be a No Bubbles beginner/intermediate freediving course held in Wellington from Friday 19 (evening) through Sunday 21 June.

Congrats to all the athletes for a successful competition. No blackouts occurred and some great swims were recorded. Two national records fell, with Guy and Phil putting some solid dives in. Thanks also to Kathryn for the organisation and all the officials for making it happen. See you all back in July!

Ten divers fight it out tomorrow morning, with six men and four women. Good luck to everyone!