With nine diving fatalities since just before Christmas, the Police Dive squad are hosting safety presentations throughout the North Island to highlight common issues in diving.

Tauranga is the next in line to have a diving safety presentation from the Police Dive Squad.

The Police Dive squad invite and all divers to an informative evening at the Tauranga Sports Fishing Club tonight.

The squad is in Tauranga after conducting a training exercise at Astrolabe Reef yesterday.

The Tauranga Dive Safely presentation at Tauranga Sports Fishing Club will be from 6pm-9pm this evening.

Senior Sergeant Bruce Adams says there have been nine dive fatalities across the country since the week before Christmas.

While the cause of these deaths are undetermined until coroner hearings, the Police Dive Squad feels there is a need to raise safety awareness with the recreational scuba divers and spearo's in New Zealand.

Other safety presentations over recent weeks include Wellington, Auckland at Lake Pupuke, and a recent one in Rotorua on Tuesday evening.

'Our aim is to highlight common issues we have found in the unfortunate diving fatalities and hopefully all involved in the sport can learn from these to ensure we all get home safe.”

The Police Dive squad invite any divers or spearos to come and talk about what can be done to ensure safety in the water.