Dear Dirty Dozen Team Member,
We hope this email as always finds you well.
Palau is on our mind as we are just 3 weeks from departure. Once we start printing custom team shirts and order signed books from Rod Macdonald, its always a pretty good sign that some epic wreck exploration is imminent.
PALAU EXPEDITION AROUND THE CORNER
Palau has long held fascination from divers worldwide due to the exceptional variety of marine biodiversity in this small Pacific Nation. The running joke for wreck explorers in the area is that you would see tons of dayboats taking scuba divers out of Malakal Harbour, unknowingly to them passing several world-class WW2 wrecks on their way out.
There have been occasional wreck trips made by outside organizers but to our knowledge not with consistent schedule or technical diving focused with expert local CCR guides.
The Dirty Dozen Expeditions is now in Palau to change that with our partners and we cannot wait to share with you our adventure as it starts from August 1-10, 2022.
Make sure to follow us on socials to see the latest!
What about Palau 2023 and beyond?
At DDE, we always want to deliver the best possible experience on our expeditions which is why we are wrapping up final details before we publish our dates until 2025.
We have about 20 requests already for 2023 who we will send details to soon, so if you want to join the list - EMAIL us now to get your name down.
UPDATED NEAR FUTURE AVAILABILITY
TRUK LAGOON 2022 UPDATE
The FSM borders are slated to open on August 1, 2022 - in a few WEEKS. We have some openings for our trips at the end of the year which are as follows:
09-19 November 2022 - 1 Space
20-29 November 2022 - 1 Space
30 November - 10 December 2022 - 4 Spaces
First come, first served.
BIKINI ATOLL 2023 UPDATE
We can announce newly secured charters to those that are planning to join us in Bikini Atoll in 2023:
25 May - 05 June 2023 with Richie Kohler - 3 Spaces
17-28 June 2023 - FULL
29 June - 10July 2023 - 6 Spaces
15-28 July 2023 - FULL
26 August - 06 September 2023 - 5 Spaces
We know picking the right team for a trip of a lifetime is essential. We have collected a LOT of testimonials from over the years - you can read them all HERE.
UPDATED KNOWLEDGE BASE
We did a major update to our knowledge base and created a brand new section called “CCR Knowledge Base”. This section features various scientific papers related to rebreather diving which we will be updating regularly.
We also uploaded a popular presentation that we did in lockdown times on the difference between Truk Lagoon and Bikini atoll to our YouTube page. Watch it by clicking the photo below!
MERCH! MERCH! MERCH!
We finally organized some new styles for our Palau merchandise and our Vintage line.
Shop ‘til you drop our range of hoodies, tees, smart polos, and freshen up that style. Shop all our NEW exclusive DDE merch now on our website.
That’s a wrap from us this week!
We hope you have some great plans coming up this summer and we look forward to seeing you all above and underwater soon. Please don’t forget, if you ever feel lonely, we are always here to chat Dirty.
Best,
Aron & The Dirty Dozen Team