Double USS Hogan dive Oct 16th

[Michael Kazma]

I have set up a rare 2-tank USS Hogan wreck dive aboard the Marissa on October 16th for my birthday. All (advanced cert) divers welcome. If you are interested visit the Marissa website

Hope you can make it!

 

[Mo2vation]

This sounds great. I'll send a note out to Claudette and some friends.

Love this wreck.


-K

 

[muddiver]

The Marissa web site lists it as a Technical dive. If the owners of the boat feel that way, how do you justify inviting just "advanced cert" divers?

 

[HBDiveGirl]

The Marissa web site lists it as a Technical dive. If the owners of the boat feel that way, how do you justify inviting just "advanced cert" divers?

Actually, the Marissa website lists The Hogan in the "Advanced/Technical" section. It's a group, not a pair of synonyms.

Here's the description of The Hogan on their site:

Hogan
Depth: 125'
The Hogan was a destroyer sunk as part of target practice by the U.S. Navy in 1945. The last time we went to the Hogan our divers thought they had missed the wreck because there were so many fish on it. They had to get within 20’ of the wreck to actually see past the fish! The Hogan is a deep dive, lying in around 125’ of water and is for experienced Advanced/Deep divers only.


It's a great dive as long as one is comfortable with the variables introduced:

• Depth requires adequate gas supply.
• Remote location and likely delay in emergency response.
• Currents: A diver wants to ascend on the upline, not in open water. The wreckage is spread out quite a bit and the upline may be difficult to find if narcosis affects judgement.

It's a great dive if experience, education and judgement are adequate.

I can't wait to dive it again! Thanks for the invitation to your birthday charter, Michael. We're hoping to bring some more friends along for the advanced fun.

~~~
Claudette

 

[Michael Kazma]

The Marissa web site lists it as a Technical dive. If the owners of the boat feel that way, how do you justify inviting just "advanced cert" divers?

The wreck lies in 125' of water. Due to this only people with advanced certifications or higher are allowed on the trip. As mentioned it is listed as an "advanced/technical" site on the website and on the schedule page for the trip it is listed as an "advanced dive site".

Due to it being 125' I would recommend at least a deep diver certification but I was just letting people know that if they only have OW then they will not be able to go.

This is going to be a great trip and I hope some of you can make it.

 

[Bubbletrubble]

Experienced AOW certified divers can easily do the Hogan as a single, non-deco dive. The surface interval would have to be significant in order to have a second dive with a decent duration. I believe this is one of the reasons that a boat trip consisting of two deep dives at the Hogan is rather rare. But hey, the birthday boy gets to choose right?

The Hogan can be a really fun dive. My first dive there featured several wolf eels that are known to inhabit the wreck and a rather large mola mola (which was a huge surprise). One of my friends saw a hammerhead shark during his safety stop there. You never know what you'll see at some of these sites. With the abundance of jellyfish in San Diego waters recently, I'd keep my eyes open for more mola mola (they eat jellyfish, right?).

Happy birthday in advance!

 

[Michael Kazma]

Experienced AOW certified divers can easily do the Hogan as a single, non-deco dive. The surface interval would have to be significant in order to have a second dive with a decent duration. I believe this is one of the reasons that a boat trip consisting of two deep dives at the Hogan is rather rare. But hey, the birthday boy gets to choose right?

The Hogan can be a really fun dive. My first dive there featured several wolf eels that are known to inhabit the wreck and a rather large mola mola (which was a huge surprise). One of my friends saw a hammerhead shark during his safety stop there. You never know what you'll see at some of these sites. With the abundance of jellyfish in San Diego waters recently, I'd keep my eyes open for more mola mola (they eat jellyfish, right?).

Happy birthday in advance!

Are you going to make this one?

 

[Codyjp]

Experienced AOW certified divers can easily do the Hogan as a single, non-deco dive. The surface interval would have to be significant in order to have a second dive with a decent duration. I believe this is one of the reasons that a boat trip consisting of two deep dives at the Hogan is rather rare. But hey, the birthday boy gets to choose right?

The Hogan can be a really fun dive. My first dive there featured several wolf eels that are known to inhabit the wreck and a rather large mola mola (which was a huge surprise). One of my friends saw a hammerhead shark during his safety stop there. You never know what you'll see at some of these sites. With the abundance of jellyfish in San Diego waters recently, I'd keep my eyes open for more mola mola (they eat jellyfish, right?).

Happy birthday in advance!

Say whaaaaaaat???

That is too cool! It'd certainly be a triple take moment.

 

[Bubbletrubble]

Are you going to make this one?

@Michael Kazma: Nope. I wouldn't want to do two dives in a row to that depth. That's just me, though.
Have a great time without me!

Say whaaaaaaat???

That is too cool! It'd certainly be a triple take moment.

Yup. Apparently some guy on the boat was spearfishing and had attached a fish to a line coming off of the boat. My friend was doing his safety stop when the hammerhead appeared out of nowhere and took off with the fish. It kind of freaked him out. He said that when he surfaced he didn't waste anytime getting back in the boat!

 

[Michael Kazma]

@Michael Kazma: Nope. I wouldn't want to do two dives in a row to that depth. That's just me, though.
Have a great time without me!

Just do one LONG dive then