SPEARFISHING ADVENTURE to REMOTE Great Barrier Island New Zealand-Living from the Ocean

[@olliecraig-primalpursuit]

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[@kapuathompson6638]

Great vid, I like your style of brief explanations and easy to digest advice

[@olliecraig-primalpursuit]

Thanks for the feedback 👍

[@liammccullagh3926]

love watching your videos compared to the bigger channels you get straight into it and have really good content keep up the good work man =).

[@olliecraig-primalpursuit]

Thanks liam, really appreciate your feedback

[@garyalberino7714]

Thanks for uploading. Great presentation style. Keeping us sane and super keen for release !

[@olliecraig-primalpursuit]

Thanks! Can't wait to get out again!

[@gavinnz6169]

That first night's dinner looked epic, and a sneaky steiny in the background 🤙

[@olliecraig-primalpursuit]

Cold beer goes great with seafood! 😅

[@phillsmith8560]

Thanks for the awesome tips mate! That roller gun looks awesome, I like your style.

[@olliecraig-primalpursuit]

Cheers Phill, yes, love my roller guns

[@linarogan9179]

Awesomely amazing and interesting, beautiful video to watch. May you continue to succeed and producing more incredible video of different parts of our beautiful country. So bless , be safe , be extra careful and take care .

[@olliecraig-primalpursuit]

Thank You for your feedback Kina! Stay tuned for future content!

[@marklonie4058]

Nice one , Watching on lockdown in UK had great memories of Gt Barrier & Little Barrier fishing /diving during the 80s

[@olliecraig-primalpursuit]

Awesome! I can't even imagine how the life underwater was back then!

[@marklonie4058]

Reef Hunter Spearfishing NZ Used to do 3 or 4 long weekend trips a year in late 70s early 80s . Best memories were Crays in 6 ft water at little Barrier and night dives for scallops at Gt Barrier . Our skipper was a guy called Don who was 70 back then . Don would tell us stories at night how him and his brothers were first divers in Nz to use tanks and how his mum knitted them all full woollen wetsuits to keep warm , but Don did know all the best spots and we never came home empty handed , great days Any chance you would do a night dive video. All the best

[@olliecraig-primalpursuit]

@@marklonie4058 That's awesome I love hearing stories from back in the day! The glory days! Yeah I've done night dives overseas but not in New Zealand yet, I'll try get one done this year. It's an amazing at night, I will never forget my dive in the Maldives, just incredible.

[@BigMkombe]

love your work bro, keep up the great work! you're a stout diver and ambassador for the sport.

[@olliecraig-primalpursuit]

Thanks for the comment mate, appreciate it

[@jaycrypto1917]

haha i was doing contracting work in the barrier for a few years those little planes are a roller coaster and have a runway but still land on grass, love your content breather.

[@jacobharper8693]

Great vid, love watching you do your thing!

[@olliecraig-primalpursuit]

Cheers Jacob!

[@mitchellheaven8219]

Awesome video man, great barrier is such a beautiful place. Great video 🤙

[@olliecraig-primalpursuit]

Cheers! Yeah it's awesome!

[@Jaymon1231]

Aw Mate, My family is from an island just around the corner from Fitzroy. Great video, awesome diving. Thanks for the amazing content!

[@olliecraig-primalpursuit]

Really! Lucky family! Appreciate the feedback 🙏

[@madrail9103]

hey dude if you ever come out to little barrier i live there and are always keen for a diving buddy

[@olliecraig-primalpursuit]

I didnt know anyone lived on there! Will let you know!

[@madrail9103]

@@olliecraig-primalpursuit just the rangers, im the son :) i've been spearfishing for nearly five years. just a reminder but its landing by permit only

[@jasonrahui6788]

Far out... jealous as! Lol.....

[@wilh.7485]

Man it’s beautiful!!!

[@olliecraig-primalpursuit]

Cheers Will

[@micbic008]

Nice video - looks like you had a blast

[@olliecraig-primalpursuit]

Cheers bro! Always do!

[@EthanYeo1]

Ohh man you making grabbing crays look so easy haha! Do you have any tips? I find I'm just not quick enough!

[@olliecraig-primalpursuit]

Just go hard. Need to grab by the horns at base (feelers will come off) try aiming for their tail as they move so fast backwards. Use one hand to move their feelers/attention upwards then come underneath or vice versa

[@catchreload6708]

Wicked vid cheers, awesome tips 👌

[@olliecraig-primalpursuit]

Cheers!

[@shack2850]

Meek feeds bro Good mahi all round and the video too

[@olliecraig-primalpursuit]

Cheers!

[@Remy.wright]

Thanks again for more great content!

[@olliecraig-primalpursuit]

Cheers Remy

[@Remy.wright]

@@olliecraig-primalpursuit Thanks mate

[@JhanaLouise]

Hey Ollie, great video - thanks for sharing. We're heading up in a couple of weeks from Wellington, any tips on locations for shorediving?

[@olliecraig-primalpursuit]

Where are you heading exactly? Heaps of information in spearo Facebook groups, just search name of a beach will be heaps of past threads

[@ryanbratty4710]

Love the vids mate 👍

[@olliecraig-primalpursuit]

Thanks mate!

[@jonhalilovich8196]

Great vids mate

[@olliecraig-primalpursuit]

Thanks Jon!

[@depredadoremperador1682]

new zeland is fucking beautiful man, very lucky to live there is amazing place. saludos desde basque country

[@olliecraig-primalpursuit]

Cheers!

[@Remy.wright]

You should do a shore dive at Hahei! Awesome there.

[@olliecraig-primalpursuit]

I've done one there, need to do more!

[@Remy.wright]

@@olliecraig-primalpursuit Yea would really be worth it, I might be there if you do so might see ya out there!

[@lllllllllllllllll161]

Nice work mate. Gotta love those shallow water crays!! Makes anyone look like the fucking man when they come ashore.

[@olliecraig-primalpursuit]

Definitely!

[@SPC411]

hey ollie, i've seen you take a hammer out to bash kina before. where do you keep it? is there an attachment you have to your weightbelt? cheers

[@olliecraig-primalpursuit]

Hey mate, I usually take the hammer out if I'm on a mission diving of my kayak or boat. But if doing a shore dive, chuck it in a float baot or I think I've heard guys modifying the hammer holder on a builders/carpenters apron? Anything that works, highly reccommend though! Very efficient and saves getting spines in hands when using a rock!

[@jasonrahui6788]

Primo again bro......thanks for sharing ... what happened to helping your mate? Lol

[@olliecraig-primalpursuit]

Haha we did manage to get a bit of work done...haha

[@PricillaMac1]

oh man I should not be watching your vids I am just drooling looking at that awesome food. Melbourne just doesn't do it for me where Kaimoana is concerned :P nvm your vids full my tummy for now lol

[@louisb7458]

Your the man! Awesome vids alright. Are you open to teaching someone to dove by any chance!?

[@olliecraig-primalpursuit]

Cheers, flick me a message on instagram or Facebook

[@EastcoastHunters]

Mean my bro, awesome feed, meke place too

[@olliecraig-primalpursuit]

Cheers bro. Sure is!

[@whatacoolguy4094]

Video 7/10 Footage 8/10 Explanation 8/10 Music 6/10 Food 1/10 lol I am sorry, pretty sure it taste good but cray paua scallops are like many people dream food but you made it look very unappetizing. keep up the good work!

[@olliecraig-primalpursuit]

Most people over complicate seafood. The way I Cooked my Paua and crays are how 99% of people here in NZ cook them. As for the scallies. Not my favourite, garlic butter flash fried is the best. Cheers for the feedback.

[@pulleyking]

Awesome vid man! What size rubbers and what stretch percentage do you run on your roller?

[@olliecraig-primalpursuit]

Will have a gear vid up shortly in KZbin going into depth on my guns and equipment etc. But I usually run 16mm bands slightly longer than half barrel length then pre tension right down onto the lugs near handle.

[@aok5298]

Nice vid👌 what happens if your mate is busy when you need pulling out of a cave by your flippers? 😂

[@olliecraig-primalpursuit]

Ive got a reserve tank haha

[@joshwhitt7504]

Built a shed over there too back in 2017, back then all the roads were gravel which made driving the work van fun 😂. Nice vid

[@danielsheat5555]

Nice vid

[@olliecraig-primalpursuit]

Cheers mate

[@jja9705]

The ti point moki slayer himself, Daniel Sheat

[@danielsheat5555]

Cheers mate.

[@stevenzthompson434]

What breath holds are you doing

[@olliecraig-primalpursuit]

not long mate, 1 - 1/2 minutes max

[@harrisontossell9847]

Hahaha lol you drove past my house

[@olsim1730]

Is it not illegal to collect paua when you have scuba gear on the boat even?

[@olliecraig-primalpursuit]

Yes it is illegal as you said. We gathered the Paua on this trip freediving off the beach

[@olsim1730]

@@olliecraig-primalpursuit ah...my mistake, I must have missed that, oops! Congrats on the choice vids, keep it up. Chur

[@jja9705]

Choice one

[@olliecraig-primalpursuit]

Cheers mate

[@jacobcoetzee4745]

👍 from Waiheke island anyone dive there much?

[@olliecraig-primalpursuit]

Never dived Waiheke! Have always wanted to try it, I hear there are some wicked spots

[@tevitatalili]

What recommended speargun size in there

[@olliecraig-primalpursuit]

For where? Great Barrier Island?

[@tevitatalili]

Yeah man.

[@olliecraig-primalpursuit]

I was using a 120cm. 90-120cm will get job done. Cheers

[@tevitatalili]

Cheers man

[@ToastierHat]

Eagle rays at the end were male and female, not parent and offspring

[@olliecraig-primalpursuit]

Thanks!