Technical Scuba Diving
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Background The TBM Avenger in San Diego is an iconic dive. It is deep (255 feet) and is very rarely dived. The airplane itself is relatively intact. One of the crew died during the accident so it is also really important to respect the dive site. The plan is to dive the wreck with Ben [...]
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 [...]
Plan is dive in Sept/Oct 2020 with Mel Clark. Original plan was Jan 2021 but other trips were canceled due to COVID-19 so we moved up the timeline. This is the last rebreather training course I plan to take (with the possible exception of Cave DPV). Eagles Nest has long been a dream and goal [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
After having my 2019 trip cut short due to a diver getting DCS, I then had my 2020 trip canceled due to Covid-19. I had been planning on, and training for, my original Bikini trip for about 3-4 years so this has been a long time in the making. Here are some of my objectives [...]