There is an old saying in diving -- "plan your dive and dive your plan." We will only have four days of diving (conditions permitting), but I've got quite the "hit list" of locations to go see inside the wreck below the flight deck: Command Information Center Engine Room #2 (and possibly #1?) Brig (aka [...]
Category: Future Project
Bikini Atoll or bust … aka “chasing dreams”
I just preemptively moved my June 2021 Bikini Atoll trip to August 2022. That might not sound like a big deal, until you understand the hurdles already encountered... Bikini Atoll background For anybody that is a wreck diver, Bikini Atoll is near the top of their wish list. There are definitely harder and more demanding [...]
Project : SBD “Dauntless” Photogrammetry Model — (Pt Loma, 200 fsw)
Background The Scout / Dive Bomber (SBD) was key in the Battle of Midway in June 1942. It was the main aircraft carrier-based scout/dive bomber from mid-1940 through mid-1944. It had the nickname of "Slow But Deadly." One of the distinguishing features of the Dauntless are the air brakes with perforated holes on the trailing [...]
Project: TBF/TBM Avenger (San Diego, CA — 255 fsw)
Future Project: USS Burns (DD-588) – San Clemente, CA (270 fsw)
The Burns is an iconic Southern California wreck dive - maybe THE iconic wreck dive. It is definitely deep, but not too deep to be "crazy deep" like the Vammen or the Hopewell. You will definitely accumulate deco quickly. The wreck was sunk off of San Clemente Island during testing of the MK71 8" Major [...]
Eagles Nest / MOD3 Training (290 ffw Florida)
Grumman Goose Flying Boat (Catalina, 225 fsw)
Quite a story behind this one. Here are two good articles: Alert Diver Online Advanced Diver Magazine Location isn't widely published. It is in 225 feet of water and is pretty mangled and twisted. According to the article in ADM it is "very close to shore and just east of Avalon Harbor, next to the [...]
San Clemente Island Mystery Wreck
I was perusing through various Rebreatherworld posts and ran across one about a "mystery wreck" that had been started back in 2011 timeframe. You probably need a subscription to view the posts, but this is here for me as a reminder. 300' Deep Appears to be some kind of sub but then there is evidence [...]