Technical Scuba Diving
A technical diver's detailed trip report for the SS President Coolidge in Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu — covering routing options, the Fiji Air baggage saga, Pacific Dive, accommodation, and three remarkable WWII dive sites.
Introduction The wrecks at Malin Head have been on my "to-do" list for a very long time. In 2023, when Ben Lair @ Paragon Dive Group told me he was planning a trip there, I told him I was in without hesitation. I will detail my trip there including travel, lodging, dive operations, and a [...]
Background I have long thought about trying to build a photogrammetry model of the wreck of the destroyer USS Emmons (DD-457/DMS-22) which sank off of Kouri Island (Kouri Jima), Okinawa on April 7th, 1945. The Emmons sits at a depth of 130-150 feet (40-45 meters) and is largely intact; however, it is rapidly starting to [...]
Background I sometimes dive caves but I'm not what I would consider a "cave diver." I have plenty of friends who are "real" cave divers so I know enough to know the difference. 🙂 This trip was a bit different from my typical dive trips where it is diving all day, every day. I had [...]
Intro When I won the UPY contest for Wrecks in 2023, I was given the opportunity to select a prize. As I looked through the options, I was interested in the dive trip offered by Gulen Dive Resort in Norway. I took a quick look at their website and saw a ton of information about [...]
Background Diving the deeper wrecks in "Iron Bottom Sound" has been at the top of my list for a very long time. The biggest barrier is that the resources nowadays for conducting deep technical dives in that area are very limited. Neil Yates is the local expert on the wrecks and he used to run [...]
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 [...]
Intro / Background Hot on the heels of my Bikini Atoll trip, Tyler and I had a big adventure planned closer to home and this one was a long time in the making as well. A long time ago, I had read the first dive report on the USS Moray (SS-300) from 2012 and knew [...]
Intro This trip has been a long time coming. A really long time. A brief history of my journey to dive the historic wrecks in Bikini Atoll: Approx 2014/2015 : Read about the wrecks in Bikini Atoll and commit to myself to dive them Jan 2017 - Booked a trip to Bikini for Jul 2018 [...]
Photo Credit : Becky Kagan Schott Background I spent from Mar 11 - Mar 28, 2023 on a trip to Antarctica on board the M/V Hondius with Becky Kagan Schott from Liquid Productions and Faith Ortins from Blue Green Expeditions. I don't really believe in "bucket lists" but it was definitely a "trip of a [...]
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