Today on our second site (The Brick Site), we were able to successfully lay our baseline! We originally snorkeled around the site to find the locations on which we would tie our polypropylene line. Then Jeremy, Devin, and I were able to go down on SCUBA and secure the line to a head of coral … Read more
Today’s diving consisted of low visibility, persistence, and good communication. Visibility varied between <1 foot to 1 ½ feet depending on of the amount of diver activity in an area and the surge. Two teams attempted and completed trilateration measurements between datum points on the cascable and muzzle of each cannon in piles found so … Read more
After a full day of being stuffed into vehicles with little, or no, leg room (oh, the hard life of a tall man), beginning our first day of work in the water felt like a blessing. After a breakfast of eggs, beans, rice, and fresh fruit (the fruit tastes way better here than stateside), we … Read more
During this morning’s dive, the group was tasked with using proforma to mark, measure, and sketch the cannon we found the previous day. This task was made increasingly difficult because of the large surge underwater and low visibility. Each cannon was measured along the shaft, muzzle, and cascabel. In total, eight cannons have been found … Read more
Scientific diving is one of the major components of preparing for field school. Besides packing, making sure you have enough of the essential sun screen, and coordinating travel arrangements, we have to complete checkout dives. The dives consist of five days in a controlled environment (a nearby quarry—Fantasy Lake), with two days in the ocean … Read more
http://youtu.be/y0IXqexFdh8 Here are clips taken during two days of Nitrox dives on the Indra. Located off the coast of North Carolina, USS Indra was a landing craft repair ship sunk in 1996 after it was decommissioned from the Navy. The site is 60 feet deep at its maximum and visibility varies. These dives gave us the opportunity … Read more
Well, I am now a certified Scientific Diver! This video is my first experience with a GoPro and with underwater videography. It was filmed during our Scientific Diving check-outs with East Carolina University Diving and Water Safety, required for the ECU Program in Maritime Studies. We went diving for a week at Fantasy Lake, a flooded rock quarry in … Read more