MAD Trip Planning 2020/21

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2020
Smallest Tide Day of Week Tides look OK
2020 Trip Days Destination Plan B Desination
Cooks Cove/Cape Jackson/Port Gore. Lake Taupo diving and/or fishing
14-Aug-2020 Friday Thursday to Sunday Thursday to Sunday (skiing/Golfing?). Thursday to Sunday
Small boat scallop dive Wgtn (or shore
29-Aug-2020 Saturday Thursday to Sunday Cape Campbell. Thursday to Sunday dive). Saturday or Sunday
Auckland (Kawau Island). Thursday to
13-Sep-2020 Sunday Friday to Monday D'Urville. Friday to Monday Tuesday
Kapiti Launches and Trailer Boats for Small boat scallop dive Wgtn (or shore
26-Sep-2020 Saturday Friday to Monday crays and paua. Saturday or Sunday dive). Saturday or Sunday
Auckland (Waiheke Island). Friday to
11-Oct-2020 Sunday Saturday to Tuesday MAD ZONE Tuesday
Patea Traps Trailer Boats. Saturday and Lake Waikaremoana for the sunken forest.
25-Oct-2020 Sunday Saturday to Tuesday Sunday Friday to Monday
Auckland - Great Barrier Island. Saturday Kapiti launches and trailer boats for crays
10-Nov-2020 Tuesday Sunday to Wednesday to Thursday and paua. Saturday or Sunday
Whitianga (from Auckland or a Charter
boat or trailer boats) Saturday to Sunday Small boat scallop dive Wgtn (or shore
24-Nov-2020 Tuesday Sunday to Thursday (8 days) dive). Saturday or Sunday

New Plymouth Trailer Boats or Launches. Kapiti Launches and Trailer Boats for crays
9-Dec-2020 Wednesday Wednesday & Thursday Tuesday to Friday and puau. Wednesday or Thursday
Local boat raft up for Christmas BBQ.
23-Dec-2020 Wednesday Too close to Christmas Wednesday 23 December No Plan B

2021
Smallest Tide Day of Week Tides look OK Destination Plan B Desination
Brothers/Awash/Tory Channel. Friday to Small boat scallop dive Wgtn (or shore
9-Jan-2021 Saturday Friday to Monday Monday dive). Saturday or Sunday
Patea Traps Trailer Boats. Saturday and
24-Jan-2021 Sunday Friday to Tuesday Sunday Napier - Pania Reef. Friday to Monday
Friday to Tuesday Trip Auckland (Great Barrier Island). Thursday
7-Feb-2021 Sunday (Whitangi Weekend) D'Urville. Friday to Tuesday to Wednesday
Small boat scallop dive Wgtn (or shore
dive). Saturday or Sunday. Last scallop
14-Feb-2021 Sunday dive of the season.
Oxygen Refresher Training and
Tasman Bay/Torrent Bay/Port Tarakohe. Diving/Fishing specific first aid. Saturday or
22-Feb-2021 Monday Saturday to Wednesday Friday to Thursday Sunday
Patea Traps Trailer Boats. Saturday and Lake Taupo diving and/or fishing. Friday to
9-Mar-2021 Tuesday Saturday to Wednesday Sunday Monday

Cooks Cove/Cape Jackson/Port Gore. Waterski trip somewhere with wives and
23-Mar-2021 Tuesday Monday to Thursday Monday to Thursday kids/grandkids? Saturday or Sunday
New Plymouth (Launches or trailer White Rock or other Wairarapa coast shore
7-Apr-2021 Wednesday Monday to Friday boats). Monday to Friday dive. Wednesday

Mayor Island/White Island (Charter Boat Auckland (Great Barrier Island). Tuesday to
22-Apr-2021 Thursday Tuesday to Saturday or trailer boats?). Tuesday to Sunday Sunday
Clay bird shooting somewhere. Saturday of
5-May-2021 Wednesday Tuesday to Saturday D'Urville. Tuesday to Sunday Sunday
19-May-2021 Wednesday Club AGM
Oxygen Refresher Training and
Diving/Fishing specific first aid (if it hasn't
21-May-2021 Friday Thursday to Saturday Hunters Bank. Friday or Saturday happened earlier)
Kapiti launches and trailer boats for crays
4-Jun-2021 Friday Wednesday to Sunday and paua. Saturday or Sunday Night Dive Wellington Harbour
 Diver Rescue Training (including
Cooks Cove/Cape Jackson/Port Gore. hypothrerma and a diver in the water for a
19-Jun-2021 Saturday Friday to Tuesday Friday to Tuesday day or more)

Destinations - Short Trips

Brothers/Awash
Cape Campbell
Cooks Cove/Cape Jackson/Port Gore
D'Urville
Kapiti
Ohau Point
Hunters Bank
Fishermans Rock

Destinations - Intermediate Duration Trips

Tasman Bay/Torrent Bay/Port Tarakohe
Auckland for a scallop Dive
Whitianga (from Auckland or a Charter boat?)
Mayor Island/White Island (Charter Boat trip?)
New Plymouth

Destinations - Longer Trips Trips

Fiordland/Stewart Island
Three Kings

Alternate destinations for when a scheduled trip is called off due to shit weather
Ngawai/Wairaparapa Coast - Shore Dive
Napier/Pania Reef
Waterski trip somewhere with wives and kids?
Lake Waikerimoana (Sunken Forest)
Scallops Wgtn Harbour
Lake Taupo Fishing/Diving/Skiing/Golf
Night Dive
Educational event like diver rescue