Blog Posts

The Mystery of the Purple Heart: Stephen Endres’ Journey

Background I’ve been busy working on the Aviation Wrecks of Southern California book and haven’t been diving much locally — even though the conditions have been nice so far this year. I have done a couple dive projects that I will find time to write about, but most of my time has been writing and…

Solana Beach P-38 Photogrammetry Model v2 (Solana Beach — 180 fsw)

Introduction We first located and identified the P-38 off Solana Beach back in 2022 and I published a series of posts about the wreck, including a “basic” photogrammetry model. I’ve been back a couple of times but it was always with a few other divers which makes building a photogrammetry model tough. In that time,…

Aviation Wrecks of Southern California

I have been asked many times “when are you going to write a book?” I was gently prodded in December 2024 when my wonderful wife “published” a book with some of my diving trips and pictures and gifted it to me as a Christmas present. I’ve been thinking about what would make a book that…

Unknown Fishing Vessel (Santa Monica Bay — 240 fsw)

Summary I went diving with Steve Lawson & Chris Gilmartin on their boat right before the rain and storms hit Southern California. It turned out to be my last dive of 2025. We had good weather in the morning but the swell and wind picked up later in the day. We found one new shipwreck…

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