Diving in Truk, Part Three

June 28, 2016, 9:36 pm
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Dive #14 Hoki Maru, 110ft, 49min dive

Bulldozers, tractors, trucks and fencing are all highlights of this dive. The hold that all of this equipment in gets silted up pretty quick so the picture weren’t great but the experience (again) sure was! Saw a shark at the end of the dive.

Dive #15, Fujikawa Maru, 110ft, 55min dive

We entered this wreck through the torpedo hole which eventually took the ship down. Saw a bank of compressed gas bottles still all lined up. Lots of beer bottles and a good telegraph remaining on this wreck. Good bow gun

Dive #16 Fujikawa Maru, 89ft, 45min dive

Lots of old oil drums, collapsed zero planes, spare parts and props for the planes that were being transported for the war efforts. Empty shells, machine guns and gas masks. Lots of shoes and old uniforms on this wreck. Lots of sharks seen around this wreck (up to 12) and circling us when we were decompressing on the hang bar!

Dive #17, Nippo Maru, 120ft, 51min dive

Saw a tank and a truck on the deck. Gas masks and shells here too. Swam through the superstructure. Artillery guns and china on the wreck. Lifeboats davits and a telegraph in the wheelhouse.

Dive #18, Nippo Maru, 128ft, 49min

Lots of time on the deck to look around as well as the top of the superstructure near the catwalk. Enjoyed the schooling fish on this wreck.

Dive #19, Nippo Maru, 108ft, 55min dive

Lots of macro stuff to enjoy on this dive. Torpedo in the sand was cool to see.

Dive #20 (didn’t write down which wreck!), 89ft, 49min

Twilight dive. A white tipped shark circled us three times before we began or descent. It really played on your mind wondering where it went after it swam away and we were descending into the darkening sea!

Stubs.