DIVE TRUK LAGOON?

"LUST FOR RUST"

17-30 JULY 2009

Click here for the latest pictures of the 2008 trip.

Click here for Frequently asked questions about the trip

We would like to invite you to come with us on an amazing trip of a Lifetime. How many times have you said to yourself that you would love to dive Truk Lagoon one day???? Well, we have made this decision so much easier for you to make! Specially catering for rebreather diving enthusiasts technical and recreational divers alike. We offer one of the most comprehensively organized trips available today.

What we focus on is taking the hassle out of your diving!!! We do all our diving through Blue Lagoon Dive Shop and stay at the Blue Lagoon resort. We work extremely closely with them so that you can enjoy extended dive times on these world class wrecks. So if you are a diver that wants more out of your diving then you will feel right at home here. With a max of 6 people per boat and 1 Boat per wreck we place people very carefully on boats that will be condusive to their level of training and experience ( So if you are an experienced recreational diver you wont be put onto a technical divers boat and have to wait hours for them to surface!!!! - They will have their own boat and be focusing on deeper less accessable wrecks!)

(pictured above, Leigh Bishop and expedition leader Pete Mesley)

WHAT EXPERIENCE DO I NEED FOR THIS TRIP?

Most people think that Truk is DEEP!!! Well, its not!! Over 50% of the wrecks within the Lagoon are shallower than 35m with the main superstructure round the 15-20m mark. Perfect for nitrox diving. It is our recommendation that your level of training is as minimum Advanced open water diver with some sort of formalised deep training and minimum of 50 logged dives. Bearing in mind that you will be diving within your training and experience levels. The only reason ( apart from your own health and safety) why we recommend more experience and training is so that you will benefit more out of your trip. Also Nitrox certification would be a great advantage seeing you will be spending most of your diving round the 15-30m mark.

Gary P looking on diving the Kiyosumi Maru

REBREATHER DIVERS

If you are a rebreather diver then, we have gone to great lengths to make your life SO much easier. We will be able to accomodate up to 30 rebreather divers at a time. So we will have all the cumbersome things that make your life a misery when travelling (tanks and sorb) ALL taken care of. We are even taking steps to import sufficient supplies of batteries (for inspos) and have spare parts available too - JUST IN CASE!!!!

Whats more important is the fact that rebreather divers have greater needs than open circuit divers. Most operators dont understand this and get frustrated by having to wait long periods of time for divers to surface. On ALL our trips we are TOTALLY focused on accomodating rebreather divers. So in short if you want to do a 3 hour dive on a wreck - YOU CAN!!!! We just put you on a boat that will accomodate this so others arent having to wait for you!!! Check out our last two trips there, one in 2006 and the other one in 2008.

Skip decompressing after a dive on the San Fransisco Maru, 50min @ 57m

TECHNICAL OPEN CIRCIUT and TECH REBREATHER DIVERS

One of the main reasons why I have dedicated the next 10 years to organising trips annually to Truk is for the sheer fact that there is SO much opportunity to dive untouched wrecks. With so many wrecks in the shallow waters of the lagoon, the deeper wrecks have been left untouched and undived by the dive guides simply because they dont need to take people to these areas. If you look at documention of the wrecks you will see just how little informtion is known about these ships. Something we are hoping to alleviate! On the last trip so much was uncovered and the pictures taken werer astounding.

Whats more is that you can have the best of all worlds. What we normally do is do a deeper dive in the morning and in the afternoon spend some time on the shallower wrecks. What will tend to happen is you will want to go back to wrecks again and again!

MEDICAL BACK UP AND SUPPORT

Truk Lagoon is probably one of the most isolated destinations on the planet. Even though we are very lucky to have such a fantastic recompression chamber facility in Chuuk itself, the medical facilities are extremly sparce to say the least- a common thing for third world countries. As a result of this we have taken possitive steps to ensure everyones health and safety by owning our very own emergency field para-medic kit. We will have (exclusively for our groups) emergency medical equipment to handle most emergencies. Of course we cant take an entire hospitol with us but we will be prepared to respond. On top of this, we will have on our team a highly trained and experienced medical person, capable of handling diving emergencies (on top of handling day to day basic medical matters that arise in the tropics - cuts, sores, bites etc etc).

It is also MANDITORY on all our trips to have DAN diver emergency coverage. Click on the above link and you can see about the insurance options.

So you can see that we are not only dedicated to ensuring that you will have a fantastic diving vacation, but also a safe one. !

HOW DO I BOOK A SPOT?

If you want to be a part of this amazing trip then all you need to do is contact us. If you are in the UK or northern hemisphere then contact Leigh Bishop or contact Pete Mesley. Then we can talk to you in greater detail about these unique trips. Find out what you diving needs are, and talk to you about how you can maximise your enjoyment on the trip.

To secure your spot you will need to contact either Leigh or Pete and then we can get you sorted. We use First Light Travel who are without a boubt the best travel agents on the planet. The go above and beyond to ensure you are all sorted. First light travel Talk to Nigel Williamson and he will take a $500us deposit off you (remainder of the monies due 10 weeks before you travel)

We will then send you through all the details needed for your trip. And you are on your way!!

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