Technical Scuba Diving
Background This is the second post for the Junkers Ju52 Photogrammetry project. The first post covered the trip details, information on the Junkers Ju52 airplane, the wreck itself, and still photos of the wreck. This post will focus on the photogrammetry model. Photogrammetry Process Photos & Video One of the cool things about this project [...]
Intro The genesis for this project started when I was in Kea, Greece in October 2023 during an expedition with Ben Lair and Justin Judd to dive the HMHS Britannic with Keadivers. I was showing Yannis (owner of Keadivers) some of my airplane photogrammetry models when he mentioned that there was a completely intact German [...]
Background We had some bad weather days and knew we could not dive the Britannic. However, there was one day that the weather was "iffy" and a dive on the Britannic was a "hard no" but we did have the opportunity to dive the Patris. Ben, Justin, and I all wanted to see and dive [...]
Background The S/S Burdigala is one of three wrecks (currently) in the Kea Underwater Historic Park. Normally, divers that want to dive the Britannic first dive the Patris, then the Burdigala, then the Britannic. Logically, some people think of the Burdigala as a "work up" or "warm up" dive. However, that is simply not the [...]
Background The HMHS Britannic is, according to many, the pinnacle of wreck diving. I have always dreamt of diving the wreck but it was always "out of reach" for many different reasons. Until now. Some people have compared diving the Britannic to climbing the infamous Mt Everest. I would liken it more to scaling the [...]
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 [...]
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