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.
Background Due to all my travel and target diving in San Diego, it had been a LONG time since I had gone diving with Ray & Kyaa @ Sundiver. We arranged a day to go dive some targets in Santa Monica Bay that Tyler had and then also check out a few things Ray had [...]
I was contacted earlier this year and asked to give a presentation to the Orange County Underwater Photographic Society on some of the shipwrecks and airplane wrecks in Southern California. Since it was a group of photographers, I developed a presentation about some of the challenges of taking photos on Southern California wreck dives that [...]
Background I just got back from a vacation with my wife to Kona, Hawaii. I spent a few days doing some "fun diving" in a wetsuit (first time in two years) and a single AL80 tank (can't remember the last time I did that). Most people dive in Kona for the amazing critters and endemic [...]
Intro / The Crash I'm not sure what string of expletives test pilot Leo J. "Pete" Colapietro yelled when he bailed out of his F4D at 650mph over the ocean -- but I do know what he said from his hospital bed during his recovery: "It was one climax after another, after that." Leo J. [...]
Background I don't remember the first time I saw a photogrammetric model of a wreck but I've always been impressed by the technology. In case you don't know what photogrammetry is, I'll give you my simple definition: combine multiple 2D photo images into a 3D model. There is a lot more to it, but that [...]
MFV High Seas History After the dive on the Unknown Sailboat, we had a decent surface interval and motored a short distance to the MFV (motor fishing vessel) High Seas. The High Seas has an interesting history. It started life in the Navy as the YP 621 (yard patrol) and was built in my "hometown" [...]
The plan was to locate and dive a(nother) "virgin" Corsair that Tyler Statler had some coordinates for that is about 230' deep. We motored around on the Marissa and couldn't locate it on the sonar system. It obviously hadn't been moved -- but it was definitely playing hide-and-go-seek. 🙂 After all, a Corsair is a [...]
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