Diving the Saratoga
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- Опубліковано 10 сер 2022
- Explore the wrecks of the Nuclear Fleet in Bikini Atoll and join us on a wreck dive on the Saratoga.
The most famous wreck in Bikini Atoll that you have to get diving is the USS Saratoga CV-3. She is the signature dive of Bikini Lagoon. She is also one of the largest diveable wreck in the world one of the only three aircraft carriers you can dive.
Your trip to the Marshalls would be incomplete without seeing what her crew called the Sister Sara or Sara Maru
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Im from Saratoga and I shed a tear every time I hear about Her
I have actually gone down on Sara in 2000. Sadly I have heard she's collapsing internally and is dangerously close to becoming undivable internally. Coke bottles are tough, the strange one thing I saw were light bulbs intact hanging from the ceiling in the hanger deck. Incredible to be in the Superstructure and be unable to see either bow or stern.
DON’T TRUST THEM
After two long days of sleepless travel, I and four of my fellow divers departed our United Airlines flight and arrived at a military installation in Kwajalein to discover that over weight bags containing critical life support equipment were not allowed to board the flight from Honolulu to Kwajalein. This flight has ALWAYS been weight limited. Ground crew in Gwan and Kwajalein assured me that this is a common problem. It would not be possible to receive our bags prior to boat departure. In fact, my bags didn’t arrive until I departed the island. Our boat captain would not delay departure for a moment longer. “The company” insisted they depart on time. The captain delivered this information without a hint of sadness or an ounce of compassion for the enormous disappointment myself and another diver.
Diving Bikini Atoll requires specialized training in technical diving. In Bikini Atoll, inadequate training and/or faulty gear can lead to death. There are no hospitals for treatment. Injury in this location would have ruined the trip for every passenger on the boat. For this reason, divers bring their gear (except tanks). Replacement gear was offered by the company. Gear the company admitted had question quality. Gear for which I was not qualified by training to use safely. Gear which may have placed my health and/or life at risk. Gear which would not have given me a very limited opportunity to enjoy the what I had traveled two sleepless days to see. For this reason, I chose not to attend as this would have needlessly place myself and other divers in harms way. In the absence of suitable gear, my trip to Bikini Atoll would have been a glorified snorkeling adventure. The company would like you to believe that happily threw away fifteen thousand dollars and a two weeks of my time.
What is most important to Master Liveaboards is your money. My local dive center booked this trip prior to the pandemic. Master Liveaboards pressured the dive shop to make payment for a trip that had no date of departure. Ten divers from our group paid for this trip. Three divers completed the trip. Master Liveaboards acknowledges awareness United Airless know problem with delivering baggage. The do not warn future passengers of this problem. They will provide you with an “Insurance Letter” so that you can recover a small fraction of your investment. They WILL NOT take responsibility for their mistakes nor will they every return to you a dollar of your money. They will offer a half off voucher for a future trip. Why would I throw good money after bad? If the couldn’t be trusted the first time then why would I trust them again. This company will chose profit over honor and reputation. THIS COMPANY DOES NOT DESERVE YOUR BUSINESS
Dear Chris,
We understand your disappointment that you missed your trip to Bikini Atoll with Master Liveaboards. As with all of our destinations we recommend that people arrive early in order to help in the event that there are delays, baggage issues, as well a being able to adjust after long haul travel. There have been some logistical issues with United this year and this is frustrating for everyone, though it is thankfully affecting very few guests. This does not help you of course. However, on arrival you were offered alternative equipment (we cannot, obviously, carry spares of every type of CCR unit type to cover every eventuality for every client) but you declined the offer and you also declined to join the vessel. We have offered to provide assistance with a claim on your travel insurance as well as credit against an alternative trip but you have declined these also.
As always we are happy to deal with our clients to find a resolution that suits everyone, but this is not always possible. You are already in contact with our sales and reservations manager and we would be happy to continue this ongoing conversation.
Kind regards,
The Master Liveaboards team
We were weight restricted only on our flight from kwajalien to bikini( flight no longer exists due to plane engine destroyed and no spare). Had to leave my hid light at airport and clothing with only dive equipment and bathing suit to be clothing for the weeks stay. Atol diving was incredible, technical dive training was a must. All decompression diving and great depths (195feet to Sara's rudder). Holds were full of bombs and planes. Flight deck was almost totally caved in in places due to the tremendous amount of water that came back down after the blast( which is what actually sent her to the bottom).
Hopefully one day I will get to experience something like this.
Wow. Thanks to share 😌
Incredible
love it
Manythnx 🤘
Lmao god of the depths
Another gallant ship gone to waste.
boo! where are the mutant fish i was promised?
Don't believe everything you hear @tomorrowveil8952 ... but who knows?