sharky60
Contributor
As far as I know, only U.S. Parks Dept. and U.S. Navy divers are allowed to dive Pearl, and then only for training or doing work.
When I was in the Navy there were "Do Not Swim-Hammerhead breeding area" signs posted all around Pearl. Now I'm all for diving with sharks, but large hammers in murky water is not my idea of good dive conditions.
I took the Navy hardhat diver test and they had us do the swim part of the trial in a pool, that might tell you something.
Some testament to that fact is, just a couple of years ago, I'm pretty sure it was here on the Scubaboard, someone posted some pics of a baby hammerhead they found at the North end of Waikiki, the closest end to Pearl Harbor. They had actually picked it up out of the water and were holding it.
The Arizona is still leaking fuel, even after all these years, and there is still LOTS of debis around the ship, in very murky water. So it is quite an unsafe dive for recreational divers. That is why it is a national memorial, the hazardous fuel conditions have made it nearly impossible to reclaim the remains of the men lost when the ship went down.
John Chatterton, of Shadow Divers fame, recently posted on his Facebook, some pics of him diving on the Arizona with the US Parks and US Navy divers for an up comming PBS show about possible submarine attacks during the attack on Pearl.
When I was in the Navy there were "Do Not Swim-Hammerhead breeding area" signs posted all around Pearl. Now I'm all for diving with sharks, but large hammers in murky water is not my idea of good dive conditions.
I took the Navy hardhat diver test and they had us do the swim part of the trial in a pool, that might tell you something.
Some testament to that fact is, just a couple of years ago, I'm pretty sure it was here on the Scubaboard, someone posted some pics of a baby hammerhead they found at the North end of Waikiki, the closest end to Pearl Harbor. They had actually picked it up out of the water and were holding it.
The Arizona is still leaking fuel, even after all these years, and there is still LOTS of debis around the ship, in very murky water. So it is quite an unsafe dive for recreational divers. That is why it is a national memorial, the hazardous fuel conditions have made it nearly impossible to reclaim the remains of the men lost when the ship went down.
John Chatterton, of Shadow Divers fame, recently posted on his Facebook, some pics of him diving on the Arizona with the US Parks and US Navy divers for an up comming PBS show about possible submarine attacks during the attack on Pearl.
