Trip Report Palau Wrecks with The Dirty Dozen on the Palau Siren (Aug 2022)

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I just returned from a two week trip to Palau to focus on diving the wrecks with Aron Arngrimsson and The Dirty Dozen on board the Palau Siren. Most of us were on rebreathers and had extended run-times. It was quite an epic week. I've included a link below with all the details of the trip (flights, hotel, live-aboard, dive operations, etc.).

We even (gasp) dove a few reefs and had the opportunity to witness an amazing snapper spawning event.


I will be following up with some detailed posts about a few of the wrecks and dives. I also met a number of people in Palau who are looking for new wrecks so I might try to get back out there for a week sometime in the next 12 months.

Below is a photo of the top of the Pump Room on the Amigisan.

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Regards,

- brett
 
Thanks for the report. Headed there in December for a plain old dive trip. Yours sounded quite fun.

Rob
 
Thanks for the report. Headed there in December for a plain old dive trip. Yours sounded quite fun.

Rob

You might want to also read my trip report from March 2022 in Palau. On that trip, I was diving single-tank, AL80 on a "plain old dive trip" so it might be more applicable:


I'm sure you will have a great time. The reefs in Palau are pristine. I you can, I recommend trying to time your trip around a spawning event.

- brett
 
You might want to also read my trip report from March 2022 in Palau. On that trip, I was diving single-tank, AL80 on a "plain old dive trip" so it might be more applicable:


I'm sure you will have a great time. The reefs in Palau are pristine. I you can, I recommend trying to time your trip around a spawning event.

- brett
I did read that, Brett. It was a fun read and helpful. We are going with our local dive shop so the dates were picked by them. Hopefully, some spawning will happen when we're there. So far, United has changed our itinerary twice in just a couple months. Who knows what will happen next???

Rob
 
I just posted an article about one of the wrecks, the Amatsu Maru. She was sank during Operation Desecrate 1 and was salvaged but a lot still remains. She is a very large, long oil tanker.


Regards,

- brett
 
I got a chance to finish my post about the Showa Maru No 5 which was located in 2015 and has seen very few divers. She is an ex-whaler that was converted into an anti-submarine ship. She was leading a convoy of ships out of the harbor during Operation Desecrate 1 when she was bombed while in the west passage -- thereby blocking all of the other ships in the convoy.

Full story and pictures are at the post below:


Picture of divers off the gun at the bow (note the light shining through the cool coral formations on the gun):

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Regards,

- brett
 
Great blog posts and good information about traveling to Palau. Look forward to seeing more pics.
 
Great blog posts and good information about traveling to Palau. Look forward to seeing more pics.

Thanks for the feedback! I've still got one or two most posts on Palau to go. The next one will be on the Red Snapper Spawning event that we were fortunate to witness.

- brett
 
Here is the post on the snapper spawning. Really great dive.


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- brett
 

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