About Us: A Skydiving Centre with a Difference
Did you know that we’re one of the oldest skydive centres in New Zealand? Tauranga Tandem Skydive started in 1993, and rebranded to Skydive Tauranga in 2018 under new owners but with the same philosophy:
Sharing our passion for skydiving and enabling everyone to discover the incredible feeling of freefalling through the sky.
Over the years, we’ve chosen to remain a small, family run operation, the last one in New Zealand. We understand this is such a big step for many people, an item that’s been on the bucket list for years, and we genuinely care about giving everyone of you the best experience! We like to run on time, but we also like to take our time to make sure you have a good time and feel ready to jump.
Our plane
We operate a Cessna 182 that takes two tandems at a time and can take you to altitude in 15 to 20 minutes. So if you’re bringing someone to jump with, you’ll have the plane all to yourselves. We’ve also got big windows and clear door, so you can really enjoy the views on the way up.
Our parachute systems
They’re tested and proven and used by the vast majority of skydive centres in the world. They include a main and back up parachute and even a small computer that’ll open the parachute if it hasn’t been opened by a certain altitude! Tandem skydiving is super safe. Feel free to ask your instructor if you want to learn more about your parachute!
Best sky dive everWow wow wow What a truly amazing experience. Right from the start, the jump masters were approachable, professional and put us at ease. Everything was well organised. The Jump, just mind blowing, can’t explain how thrilling the jump was. Started with an awesome plane flight, wicked views. Free falling was unbelievable, it was incredible, the views were just unreal. Still had an adrenaline rush days later. Can’t recommend this company enough, everyone was helpful and friendly and I just loved how they were so excited and buzzing as if we were their first clients. A day to never forget. Especially with the amazing photos they took.
Epic Experience, Amazing Staff, Highly Recommend!My skydive was incredible! The staff are lovely and put you at ease. My instructor, Kitsch was very friendly, made jokes, checked in and has done over 10,000 jumps. Couldn’t have chosen a better person to be falling through the air with lol. He let me steer the parachute briefly too which was a nice touch.
Nowhere near as scary as I expected. The thrill was insane in the best possible way. Absolutely recommend! Would do it again 🙂
As a first time jumper they have me hooked! I cant even begin to articulate how incredible the skydiving team here are! I will never forget how hospitable the whole crew were. You can tell they are extremely passionate about what they do and the smiles that they bring to people’s faces. The way they explain everything makes it so easy to follow and retain, they even take their time to point out all the landmarks as you ascend in the plane which is so lovely. The views are just absolutley breathtaking. The boys here have inspired me so much I’m going to purse an AFF Program so eventually I can solo dive. Please if you ever want to Skydive regardless of if it is your first jump or your 100th please head to the team in Tauranga! Thank you to the Skydiving team in Tauranga I’m coming back ASAP