Onboard Truk Odyssey Liveaboard with PATRIOT SCUBA!
PATRIOT Leader: Miko
The wreck diving adventure of a lifetime!
Until 1944, Truk Lagoon, known today as Chuuk, was an immense Japanese Naval base, known as the impregnable “Gibraltar of the Pacific”. Operation Hailstone, a massive American carrier attack in February 1944, put an end to that, sinking over 50 ships and destroying more than 250 airplanes. Let the Imperial Japanese Navy’s misfortune become your good fortune! Join Patriot Scuba for a week of spectacular diving on the Ghost Fleet of the Pacific. If you have any interest in wreck diving (or military history), there is no place on earth like Truk Lagoon. Its warm tropical waters are home to a stunning variety of over 300 types of hard and soft corals, as well as the strange and beautiful animals for which Micronesia is famous. But the real stars of the show are the wrecks. Military cargo ships, destroyers, airplanes and even a submarine lie largely within recreational depths, and best of all, they are full of historical artifacts. From machine gun ammunition and saki bottles to 16 inch shells, torpedoes and tanks, you will see things in Chuuk that any museum would envy.
We will be diving directly from our floating hotel, the 132 foot Truk Odyssey (www.trukodyssey.com), the premier liveaboard operator on the atoll. Trip leader Miko Chavchavadze had the good fortune of spending a week onboard the Odyssey in 2007, and it is a first rate operation. Up to five dives a day can easily be made, and because they are made directly from the Odyssey, you and your buddy may find that you have a 500 foot wreck all to yourselves. This is a rare treat for anyone, but for photographers it is something approaching heaven. To view a gallery of Truk Lagoon photos by the gifted photographer and videographer Mike Gerken, click here.
http://www.evolutionunderwater.com/Portfolio/Truk
Call us at (703) 490-1175 or email diving@patriotscuba.com if you have any questions.
Requirements:
Advanced Open Water Certification (Deep, Wreck and Underwater Digital Photographer training strongly recommended)
Nitrox Certification (The house blend is 30%)
Trip Insurance
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