Technical Scuba Diving
Background In the ongoing project of building a complete, detailed photogrammetry model of the UB-88, Drew Wilson and I went back with Ray Arntz on the Sundiver for two more dives. On my previous dive, I completed the port and starboard hulls to complete the front half of the model. My goal on these two [...]
Background It has been a long time since I dove the UB-88 and I had definitely missed it. I think it is one of the coolest wrecks in Southern California. My previous dive on the UB88 was December 10, 2020 and the visibility was soooo bad at depth that Justin and I couldn't even find [...]
Summary: not quite a "wasted" dive but I also didn't get the results I wanted. I had a feeling that the "ghost net" at the stern of the ship would be a tough one to build a model for. There are quite a few complications like the fact that it isn't a solid surface and [...]
Intro A few days ago I posted about my latest dives on the UB88 with the goal of building a complete photogrammetry model in high resolution. The second objective for the first dive of the day was to finish filling in the "gaps" on the conning tower and to get some better pictures of the [...]
Intro/Background I've been learning photogrammetry skills and software. I still need to publish my model of the TBM Avenger but that is going to take more work. In the meantime, I was able to conduct my 3rd and 4th dive on the UB88 this week with the express purpose of working on the 3D model. [...]
Intro / Background After diving the UB88 wreck a number of times and also starting to delve into photogrammetry, I decided to combine both of these into a rather large project: Build a realistic 3D Photogrammetry model of the entire UB88 wreck. This project represents a number of challenges -- starting with the fact that [...]
In my final post on the UB-88, I thought it would fun, unique, and interesting to post before & after pictures of the UB-88. I've dug up photos from the excellent http://ub88.org website and a few other places of the UB-88 prior to sinking and then I've taken quite a few pictures of the wreck [...]
On my second dive on the UB88 on August 3, I was with Drew Wilson. Our plan was for me to shine two really bright 15k lumen lights on the wreck as I took pictures and then Drew would swim off in the distance and take pictures without any artificial light. This would achieve two [...]
After my first dive on the UB88 back in July, I had been thinking about doing a penetration dive on the submarine. I had always told myself "there is no way I'm going to go into a sub" -- especially a small WW 1 German sub at a depth of nearly 200 feet. However, the [...]
Me at the conning tower (Photo Credit: Ben Lair) The UB-88 is a Type UB III German submarine from World War I that was surrendered to the United States on 26 November 1918 in accordance with the Armistice agreement with Germany. It carried a crew of up to 3 officers and 31 men and was [...]
