This is a technical diving adventure you won’t want to miss, a technical diver’s dream!

Dive the only US aircraft carrier underwater, a Japanese destroyer, a submarine and more. Dives are between 130 and 200 feet! Yeah, deep, and not for everyone! A week of technical diving, bottom times of 2 hours plus per dive! Yes, these dives require stage decompression. We are diving a nuclear bomb test site. By all accounts the danger from radioactivity is gone. Let’s go! A number of certifications are also available, including Advanced Nitrox, Extended Range, Deep Diving, Photography, Rebreathers and more. Call us and let us know where your interests are.

Check out the Bikini web site at: www.bikiniatoll.com

Trip Details

WHO:
Experienced divers only! Diving at 130 to 200 ft

WHEN:
November 15–24, 2004

WHERE:
Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands (Central Pacific)

COST:
$2,995 per person, double occupancy plus airfare

COST INCLUDES:
• All meals & snacks
• All diving
• Wreck diving
• Double tanks, isolation manifold and oxygen decompression system provided
• Airfills & weights

NECESSITIES:
We suggest that you bring the following:

• Dive gear (except tank & weight belt)
• Dive computer (100% O₂ decompression)
• 2 quality regulators
• 2 dive knives
• 2 or 3 dive lights
• 1 or 2 reels
• Sunscreen
• Camera and film
• Towel & toiletries
• Bathing suit, diveskin
• Sunscreen, hat
• Walking shoes/sandals
• Sunglasses
• Mosquito repellent
• Party clothes for evening events
• Cool/comfortable clothing

HOW TO SIGN UP:
A non-refundable $1000.00 deposit is required to hold your spot. Remaining balance is payable 60 days prior to trip. This trip is limited to 10 and we have 3 people interested in signing up. Call today!

More Information on the Wrecks

HIJMS Nagato—Japanese Battleship
This steel-hulled vessel was considered the flagship of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Also the site of the surrender of the Japanese in 1945. 708 feet in overall length, the Nagato weighed 38,500 standard tons. Nagato’s armament consisted of eight 45-caliber guns, twenty 50-caliber guns, four antiaircraft guns, three machine guns and eight torpedo tubes, four above the water and four below. The gun turrets have not separated from the barbette. The Nagato sank on July 29, 1946 a few days after the Baker test bomb detonated near her. The ship is inverted, lying in 160–170 feet of water.

USS Arkansas—US Battleship
A riveted steel vessel, the Arkansas is 562 feet long with a maximum beam of 106 feet and a draft of 29 feet and weighing 23,066 standard tons. Fitted to be a flagship, the Arkansas contained more elaborate quarters than standard. Prior to the Able blast, the Arkansas was fitted with blast gauge towers, test equipment and test ordinance. A 90 mm howitzer was also secured to the deck. Armaments that can be found are three 51 caliber Mk13 guns on single mounts, damaged shutters and splinter shields from 40 mm antiaircraft guns. Inside the casemate, two 5-inch rounds can be found in the ready rack. There were no recorded alterations made to the Arkansas prior to the Baker blast. The seriously damaged Arkansas lies inverted on the bottom of Bikini Lagoon in 180 feet of water. The keel is at 100 feet and the weather deck is at 160 feet while the aircastle can be found at 170 feet. There are many passageways that run through the ship. The port aircastle leads to the entrance of the Admirals cabin. It is believed that the Arkansas was literally “smashed” down to the sea floor after the Baker blast in 1946.

USS Saratoga—US Navy Aircraft Carrier
A steel-hulled vessel with a waterline length of 830 feet and a flight deck of 888 feet officially weighing 33,000 standard tons. At the time the Saratoga was subjected to the Baker blast her armament consisted of four aircraft; three “Helldiver” navy single-engine dive bombers and an Avenger single-engine torpedo bomber that can be found in the hanger. Eight paired 38 caliber guns in four houses—two forward and two aft, 12 single 38-caliber guns and 24 Bofors antiaircraft guns of which six have been located and 52 Oerlikon antiaircraft 20 mm guns of which five have been located. Twelve Mk-51 gun fire-control directors can be found next to the antiaircraft guns. Presumably “live” ammunition can be found on and around the vessel. The Saratoga lies upright in 180 feet of water. The superstructure is at 70 feet, deck at 100 feet and the airplane hangers at 130 feet. The Saratoga is the only “divable” aircraft carrier in the world. The USS Saratoga sank on July 25, 1946.