Technical Scuba Diving
Intro When Covid hit, I started doing a lot of scuba diving locally and met up with Tyler Stalter. We both shared a passion for wreck diving and finding new wrecks. For the past 4 years, we have had a great partnership and have scoured the Southern California coast and found many new wrecks (and [...]
Background A number of years ago, Tyler and I saw a drop-camera video of what appears to be a radial airplane engine and information that it was taken somewhere in Santa Monica Bay -- but we didn't have a location. That engine and video was located by Harry Davis Jr who recently passed away but [...]
Introduction Shortly after my dive on the USCGC McCulloch, Steve Lawson texted me and asked if I wanted go out with he and Chris Gilmartin for an easy dive on his boat Deep Six over the weekend. I was a bit tired, but we were having great conditions so I knew I had to take [...]
Introduction I can finally report: On November 7th, 2024 we successfully dove the US Coast Guard Cutter McCulloch. I am confident that we are the first team to dive the wreck. NOAA / USCG found the wreck in 2016 and there have been a few videos released from ROV footage, but I haven't seen any [...]
Introduction This is my fifth post on efforts to document and display the interiors of shipwrecks. The previous posts included: Part I - Ruby E Cutaway Photogrammetry Models Part II - HMCS Yukon Engine Room Photogrammetry Part III - HMCS Yukon Stern Corridor Photogrammetry Part IV - Insta 360 Video Inside the HMCS Yukon This [...]
Background Danny Graham, Mike Wynd, and I spent two days at Catalina Island diving targets that Tyler Stalter had given us. As we were searching around and running scans, I noticed a "Wreck" marker on Danny's system and asked him what it was. He said he hadn't dived it yet and it came from another [...]
Intro Back in January 2022, Tyler had identified a possible wreck and I went out on the Sundiver to investigate. Sure enough, we got a small but repeatable sonar return and I dove it and took a bunch of photos. We ended up classifying it as a PT-19 and then identified the specific plane as [...]
Background The Missile Tower is an artificial reef created from an old Trident missile testing tower. It is very close to the US/Mexico border and sits in about 160 feet of water. It is a popular dive site for technical divers and is commonly used for training classes since it is big target and it [...]
Intro My first dive on the Oldenburg was the epitome of the adventure that my trip to Norway turned out to be. I was alone, had to take winding mountain roads and car ferries, then locate the dive site, and then navigate underwater to find the wreck since the surface buoy was missing -- and [...]
Background The Parat is actually one of two wrecks in a combo dive! In December 15, 1944 the German freighter MV Ferndale was underway on a pitch-black night as part of a convoy going from Bergen to Alesund. The German ships would hide out during the day and then move at night in an effort [...]
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