2023 "Top 10 Dives & Projects"

[beldridg]

It was an epic year with trips to very remote places (Antarctica & Bikini Atoll), very deep places (HMHS Britannic), very restricted places (USS Moray submarine), and we managed find some new wrecks here in Southern California and film an episode of Expedition Unknown (airs 3 Jan 2024).

I honestly don't think I'll be able to top 2023. I have a lot of cool plans for 2024, but it was such an amazing year this year.

Without further ado, here is recap of my Top 10 of 2023:

2023 Top 10 Dives & Projects

Intro This will be my fourth Top 10 Dive list since I started the tradition in 2020. I honestly thought I would never top 2022 which included wreck diving trips to Croatia & Malta and discoveri…

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Happy New Year to all and wishes for a great 2024.

- brett

 

[Jared0425]

You need to make a trip here to the lakes and the Baltic.

 

[Centrals]

How about Black Sea in few years time?

 

[beldridg]

You need to make a trip here to the lakes and the Baltic.

I went to Presque Isle in 2021 but I definitely need to get back to do more.

Presque Isle – Wrecked in my rEvo

Posts about Presque Isle written by Brett Eldridge

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I'm currently targeting to be there in 2026 to dive some of the deeper wrecks but it is early in the planning stages. If there is availability sooner for a tech charter, I'm definitely looking to get back.

I haven't spent much time researching the Baltic. Any specific recommendations?

Regards,

- brett

 

[beldridg]

How about Black Sea in few years time?

Could be interesting. To be honest, it hasn't been on my radar. Any recommendations?

- brett

 

[Jared0425]

I went to Presque Isle in 2021 but I definitely need to get back to do more.

Presque Isle – Wrecked in my rEvo

Posts about Presque Isle written by Brett Eldridge

wreckedinmyrevo.com

I'm currently targeting to be there in 2026 to dive some of the deeper wrecks but it is early in the planning stages. If there is availability sooner for a tech charter, I'm definitely looking to get back.

I haven't spent much time researching the Baltic. Any specific recommendations?

Regards,

- brett

Next time you visit Lake Huron check out the W.C. Franz (225), Daniel J Morrell(195-210), Metropole(165), and the Clifton(170). I think the Russia and Celtic out of Presque Isle are making their way out too for select operations (235). The Ohio, Euturia, Merrick, and Choctaw are 300-320.

As for the Baltic from my research for my trips the best seems to be based out of Stockholm and the northern Danish coast. There's a operation out of Lithuania that's very brackish water and the wrecks are only available through charter and the details are murky (Lithuanian doesn't translate well to English search engines). Depths are solid 200' and deeper. Though most the Stockholm wrecks are between 120 and 280.

 

[Rich1280]

I've looked at diving in the Baltic from Poland, but not got there yet; plenty in UK waters to keep me occupied for now. The website: Wraki Bałtyku, nurkowanie na wrakach, wraki do nurkowania, wszystko o wrakach | Wraki bałtyku | WrakiBałtyku.pl has some good info on the wrecks and the range is quite good (has English language option). They also list the charter boats so you can have a look at suitable boats for what you want to dive from. This is the port area the BalticTech team dive out of, and they seem to be doing well at finding and IDing some of the WW2 Operational Hannibal wrecks, which is an interesting story in itself. Searches on "wreck diving Gdynia" will give you more, and the "Route of Death" book by Tomas Stachura has some great photography.
Rich

 

[beldridg]

I've looked at diving in the Baltic from Poland, but not got there yet; plenty in UK waters to keep me occupied for now. The website: Wraki Bałtyku, nurkowanie na wrakach, wraki do nurkowania, wszystko o wrakach | Wraki bałtyku | WrakiBałtyku.pl has some good info on the wrecks and the range is quite good (has English language option). They also list the charter boats so you can have a look at suitable boats for what you want to dive from. This is the port area the BalticTech team dive out of, and they seem to be doing well at finding and IDing some of the WW2 Operational Hannibal wrecks, which is an interesting story in itself. Searches on "wreck diving Gdynia" will give you more, and the "Route of Death" book by Tomas Stachura has some great photography.
Rich

Awesome - thanks for the tips, Rich!

- brett