Betty Bomber, Truk Lagoon

[Rooster]

More from Truk Lagoon, this is the Betty Bomber

 

[dcostanza]

Rooster
Thanks for taking the time to post the pictures. Very nice. What are you shooting it with?

Best Regards
Don

 

[Rooster]

dcostanza once bubbled...
Rooster
Thanks for taking the time to post the pictures. Very nice. What are you shooting it with?

Best Regards
Don

Thanks, these were shot with a Nikon F-100 in an Aquatica housing, 20mm lens, 8" dome port , on Fuji Provia

 

[dcostanza]

Rooster,
Thanks again for sharing the pictures, looks like you had pretty good vis. Must have been a really good dive. I appreciate the reply regarding the gear.

Best Regards
Don

 

[Dee]

I love the color of the water there. Quite different from the Caribbean I'm used to.

 

[blacknet]

Rooster,

Nice setup you have there.

Ed

 

[Northeastwrecks]

Great pictures. Thanks for putting them up.

 

[Juv]

Very nice pics... Thanks for sharing

BTW, do you have to use trimix or just normal air to dive at Truk Lagoon?

 

[Finesse]

Thanks for sharing ... Looks like someone was going into the fuselage ... or at least having a good look

Depth ?? that is one of the more “shallow” wrecks out there ~ 90feet …. isn’t it???

Hope to get out there someday .... what an experience to dive amongst that wartime wreckage

 

[Rooster]

Juv once bubbled...
Very nice pics... Thanks for sharing

BTW, do you have to use trimix or just normal air to dive at Truk Lagoon?

Thanks. All dives I have done in the lagoon have been on air. "Most" of the wrecks are within rec (air) diving limits. The deepest I have done was the San Francisco Maru at 164 ft. Not sure if gas mixes are even available in the lagoon yet, but I think so. Most of the common dove wrecks lay in 130 ft or shallower water, so they make excellent multi-level dive platforms. Most of my dives are over an hour. Very common for me to start deep and work my way up. My favorite wreck is the Fujikawa Maru. My last dive there I dropped directly through the skylight down to 80' into the engine room, took a few photos. Back out the skylight forward along the side of the bridge, to the bow (40 ft.) Then I headed back to the bridge, and finished off at 15 ft on the forward boom. Total dive time 62 min.