Background Santa has come early and Tyler has struck gold once again! We had seen a ROV video taken during a survey but we weren't sure of the location. After a lot of hard work, research, and cross referencing, Tyler had a target for us to go check out. We were pretty sure it was [...]
Author: Brett Eldridge
The Quest Continues : HMCS Yukon Photogrammetry Model — Dive 10
Douglas AD-4L Skyraider Photogrammetry Model
Close Call on the IJN Sata (Palau — 120 fsw)
Intro The lyrics from the Bob Dylan song All Along the Watchtower -- made famous by Jimi Hendrix -- echoed through my brain as I sat motionless and breathing slowly in between two other divers in a small, cramped, claustrophobic, dark, and completely silted out space deep within the IJN Sata wreck. "There must be [...]
SH-3A Sea King Photogrammetry Model (San Diego — 210 fsw)
Background A couple years ago, Tyler and finally found a helicopter wreck that we had been looking for. It took a lot of detective work and running down a lot of leads before we finally correctly identified it. After we published the story, we were contacted by one of the survivors of the crash, Donald [...]
Patris (Kea, Greece — 100->180 fsw)
S/S Burdigala (Kea, Greece –250 fsw)
Background The S/S Burdigala is one of three wrecks (currently) in the Kea Underwater Historic Park. Normally, divers that want to dive the Britannic first dive the Patris, then the Burdigala, then the Britannic. Logically, some people think of the Burdigala as a "work up" or "warm up" dive. However, that is simply not the [...]
HMHS Britannic (Kea Island, Greece — 385 fsw)
Background The HMHS Britannic is, according to many, the pinnacle of wreck diving. I have always dreamt of diving the wreck but it was always "out of reach" for many different reasons. Until now. Some people have compared diving the Britannic to climbing the infamous Mt Everest. I would liken it more to scaling the [...]
Trip Report : Kea Island / HMHS Britannic (Oct 2023)
Background This is a detailed report of my recent trip to Kea Island, Greece to dive the HMHS Britannic and the other great wrecks there. I will be posting detailed write-ups for each of the wrecks following this post. The goal is to provide enough details to aid anybody else planning to visit the island [...]
rEvo O2 Delivery System Modifications (HMHS Britannic Prep)
NB 1: This post is probably only interesting to those who conduct deep rebreather dives OR anybody who just wants more information about how the rEvo rebreather works. NB2: Most rebreather divers should never need to do this. Please don't modify your system unless you know how (and why). I'm supplying this for any rEvo [...]