Technical Scuba Diving
The author is focused on researching the Aviation Wrecks of Southern California, specifically detailing the military history of Stephen Endres, a Purple Heart recipient from WW II. Despite challenges in contacting his relatives, significant information about his service and injuries has been uncovered, emphasizing his heroic contributions in combat.
In 2022, a P-38 wreck was discovered off Solana Beach, leading to initial photogrammetry modeling. As skills improved, a recent dive on January 22 aimed to enhance the quality of the model for the book "Aviation Wrecks of Southern California." Despite complications, a clearer, more accurate representation was successfully created.
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 [...]
I joined divers Steve Lawson and Chris Gilmartin for a memorable dive before storms hit Southern California. We discovered a new shipwreck, identified as a recent fishing vessel, and an intriguing underwater tower. Both dives yielded valuable insights and captured images for further exploration and future dives once conditions improve.
Introduction If you have been following along, we have been trying to find the S-3 Viking that crashed off Point Loma in 1978. A brief rundown of previous posts: Original AUV Search Second AUV Search First Day of Dives - Mystery Plane First Day of Dives - Wing Section Second Day of Dives Third Day [...]
Intro This will be my 6th "Top 10 Dives & Projects" list since I started the tradition in 2020. It will always be tough to top 2023 which included diving in some of the most remote places on the planet (Antartica and Bikini Atoll) and also the pinnacle of wreck diving (IMO), the HMHS Britannic. [...]
Background I had been to Osborne Bank once before in 2020 and really enjoyed the dive and wanted to return. I finally got a chance when Anton had arranged a trip with Danny at Triton Diving Charters. Osborn Bank is a very picturesque formation a few miles outside Santa Barbara Island in the Channel Islands. [...]
Introduction Sometimes readers only see the big successes and don't realize that we do a fair number of dives that don't result in finding a new airplane. We have been diving targets in search for the Ables S-3 Viking for quite some time. We recently conducted some additional Iver3 AUV scanning with UCSD on board [...]
Introduction For a long time, I held off getting a fisheye lens since I mainly photograph wrecks and really appreciate the "straight lines" that a rectilinear lens provides. But, there are advantages to a fisheye and I finally took the plunge but with a very vintage lens adapted to a modern Sony mirrorless camera. The [...]
Background NB: This post was written a while ago and we have made more progress so I wanted to get this published before I publish some additional updates. 🙂 We have been searching for a S-3 Viking for years and recently conducted two days of searching with UCSD/Scripps using their Iver3 AUV and then did [...]
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