Technical Scuba Diving
Original Post is here: P-38 Lightning "Skip Bombing Mission (Solana Beach, CA -- 180 fsw) Based on the location and type of airplane and the fact that it was largely intact, we made an initial identification that we found a P-38 with BuNo 42-66617. We contacted the Air Force Historical Research Agency to get a [...]
About six months ago, Tyler sent me some bathymetry data of a possible target off Solana Beach and said "I've been looking at that target up there off Solana Beach. It's in 180 looks aircraft or some weird rock reef but I was researching if any planes went down off the area." One limiting factor [...]
I previously detailed the history of the Southwold wreck so I won't repeat that. The bow section is about 300m / 1000 feet away from the stern section and is relatively deep so it really requires a second, separate dive. Below is a composite image from the original post as a reference (stern is on [...]
Background The HMS Southwold was probably my favorite dive in Malta. However, I missed four days of diving due to Covid so my data set isn't as large as I would have liked. I will do two separate posts for the Southwold : this post for the Stern section dive and then a separate post [...]
Original post is here: F8F-1 Bearcat (Point Loma, CA -- 230 fsw) When we first found the wreck and identified the airplane as a F8F-1, we started working to identify the specific aircraft. In the post, we stated that we had "high confidence," based upon some specific characteristics of the wreck site, that we though [...]
Background I thought I had posted about this modification a long time ago but was recently made aware that I had not. This post is about how I have configured the rEvo to use Air Integration pressure sensors instead of traditional Submersible Pressure Gauge (SPG) for the Diluent and Oxygen tanks. I'm not the first [...]
This is a short post to document another new wreck target we dove recently. On 10 June 2022, while searching for targets (which ultimately led to finding the F8F Bearcat) one of the targets turned out to be a sailboat. Based on the condition of the wreck, I believe that it was probably abandoned and [...]
Background The Polynesian is probably one of the most famous technical dives in Malta -- I'm guessing this is due to her massive size and also to the fact that she was sunk by a torpedo from a German submarine during World War I in August 1918. SS Polynesien as a passenger liner (Photo: University [...]
Background The Junkers Ju 88 is a German WW II twin-engine aircraft that had multiple roles. Similar to other German bombers, it had different modifications / configurations and was used as a bomber, a diver bomber, torpedo bomber, reconnaissance plane, etc. with more than 15,000 built. Photo from Smithsonian Institution While looking for photos for [...]
Background Before diving the Stubborn, my friend John Entwistle said to me "it is just a metal tube, right?" My answer was "yes, but..." The Stubborn was a S-class submarine in the British fleet that launched on 11 Nov 1942. The Stubborn spent most of her early career close to home operating off the Scandavian [...]
Wrecked in my rEvo 