Technical Scuba Diving
Background I've spent the past 12-18 months thinking about how to best show the insides of wrecks to both divers and non-divers. This post is the first in a series of probably 4 or 5 parts. Each post will highlight some of the techniques and challenges I have faced while working on this long-term project. [...]
I recently got an email from local San Diego diver Todd Baldi asking if I wanted some old slides he had that were taken from the sinking of the Ruby E back in 1989 -- 35 years ago! Well, of course I did! Todd was nice enough to send me the slides and I happened [...]
Background I held my first photogrammetry class between Friday, Jan 20th through Sunday, Jan 22nd. This the first time I held the workshop and the results were very good given the conditions we had for the dive day on Saturday, Jan 21st. After a day of lecture and building a model on land, we dove [...]
Intro I published a Top 10 Diving Recap in 2020 and then again in 2021. This year I am making it a "Top 10 Dives and Projects" list since quite a bit of my diving this year has been working on more longer-term projects that involve multiple dives on the same wreck. It has been [...]
Background The Ruby E was the second vessel intentionally sunk off of Mission Beach, San Diego as part of "wreck alley." She was built in 1934 and sank on June 18, 1989 so she has been down for a while. This post will give some history of the ship, pictures from a recent dive, and [...]
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