Author Topic: Bikini Atoll Divers out of business! (Read 1435 times)

aquaholic · « **on:** June 09, 2008, 07:51:09 PM »

Arrrrgh! Bikini Atoll Divers is out of business......it is now ~~impossible~~ very difficult to achieve my "dream dive trip" of diving the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga and battleship Nagato!! It was too bloody expensive before, now the only way to go there is probably by having your own private yacht (like what Paul Allen of Microsoft did)

What to do, have to make do with Sawadee wreck lor!

Bikini Atoll Divers website
http://www.bikiniatoll.com/divetour.html

Mephisto the Heretic · « **Reply #1 on:** June 10, 2008, 12:35:24 PM »

wow..the product of test Able and Bravo...is its still radioactive there?

well...more reason for you to work harder and get you own yatch right?...hhehehhe

dont forget you friends.....kawan kawan nak ikut juga..hehehe

aquaholic · « **Reply #2 on:** June 10, 2008, 04:30:04 PM »

Quote from: Mephisto the Heretic on June 10, 2008, 12:35:24 PM

wow..the product of test Able and Bravo...is its still radioactive there?

just enough to make your short hose glow in the dark!

HoleMaster · « **Reply #3 on:** June 11, 2008, 02:12:17 PM »

wah syiok. the wrecks and all. need more training and practise before i can even think/consider diving that place

Mephisto the Heretic · « **Reply #4 on:** June 11, 2008, 03:27:16 PM »

glowing ahhh?. Anyway...what is the dive profile in that are? recs divers can go? of all tech dives?

aquaholic · « **Reply #5 on:** June 12, 2008, 04:05:25 PM »

Quote from: Mephisto the Heretic on June 11, 2008, 03:27:16 PM

glowing ahhh?. Anyway...what is the dive profile in that are? recs divers can go? of all tech dives?

I would imagine at least twin tanks + stage so that you can have more bottom time and all will be deco dives. Because of the limited baggage allowance and your heavy dive kit, the recommendation is to only bring your speedos for topside use

Below is an excerpt from scuba-safari website
"Saratoga is the shallowest dive at Bikini. She sits upright on the seabed 190ft below the surface, but her bridge superstructure can be clearly seen from the surface, being only 40ft down. Spiralling down the bridge you arrive at the flight deck in about 90ft. The gaping maws that are the main elevators lead down to the hanger deck at about 130ft."

More writeup on Saratoga and other Bikini atoll wrecks can be found here:
http://www.scuba-safaris.com/scuba-diving-locations/marshall_islands/bikini_atoll/wreck_diving.html

Bikini Atoll Divers out of business!