Dear Dirty Dozen Member,

I hope this message finds you well and healthy. We had a busy week at DDE which turned out to be a bit RAID themed and figured we’d fill you in.

The first issue of the brand new digital dive magazine The Edge is on the scene. Brought to you by training agency RAID it covers the latest in industry news, travel reports, equipment reviews, and RAID training updates. The Dirty Dozen team members can be found all over the magazine, having a blast! Amongst others Jill Heinerth took the hot seat for some Q&A and I did a feature piece detailing some of our knowledge of our favorite topic of conversation, wrecks!

Talking Bikini Atoll, we discuss Operation Crossroads, and perhaps our favorite wreck in the Pacific, the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga. Click here to read the article.

Dive RAID South Africa’s Director of Technical Diving, Member of the Explorer’s Club and Dirty Dozen diver PJ Prinsloo gave a live presentation about his highlights from his bucket list DDE expedition to Truk Lagoon.  Join him as he captivates the audience with his informative talk on some of his favorite wrecks in the Lagoon and shares some awesome shots, cool infographics, and answers questions posed by the audience.

Watch it over on Facebook here.

And finally, we are celebrating the launch of the DeeperBlue.com podcast this month!  If it isn’t already, make it be your weekly guide to everything that is happening around the world… underwater.  Each week they cover everything that is happening in scuba diving, freediving, dive travel, and ocean advocates world. 

This week on Episode 4, Jason Elias, the host, and creator of another dive podcast, “Big Deep”, which debuted at DEMA last year with a launch party at the DeeperBlue.com booth gets some top tips for big expedition planning from yours truly.

“you should not be discouraged and do your research.  Dive shows are a great place to gain ideas on trip planning, read the dive mags, do some online investigating, and vet the people you give the responsibly to take you.  Bigger trips are not just for the mega-rich and famous if you have your heart set on a big expedition, there is a way. “

Listen here now, and don’t forget every share, like and listen, counts.

Booking trips with DDE is a great way to plan as we can work out affordable payment schedules over large time spans and we have temporarily lowered our deposit amounts to 15%, so you can book onto your trip in confidence at a very affordable price.

Contact us now to find out more about our new payment schedules where final payments are as late as 90 days before departure. Our calendars are scheduled unit 2025 so your dreams can be realized and away you go on your trip of a lifetime.

I hope you all had a great week and have some fun plans this weekend. If not, or even if you do, don’t forget, if you feel lonely, we are here to chat Dirty.

Love,

Aron Arngrímsson and the DDE Team