Dear Team Member,
I hope this message finds you healthy and well. What a newsletter we have for you!
We are still buzzing from our incredible inaugural expedition to the Solomon Islands where 13 CCR divers conducted over 200 successful CCR dives on the historic wrecks of Iron Bottom Sound last month.
The sheer size and scale of the WWII wrecks is breathtaking, and perhaps a little tricky to put into words. Let our team members tell you!
FROM THE DIVER’S MOUTH
We thrive off our customer experiences. It is what DDE is all about.
#teamdd member Brett Eldridge from the well-known blog Wrecked In My rEvo was on board with us in Solomons, and this is his testimonial:
“Diving the WW II era "Iron Bottom Sound" wrecks in Guadalcanal has always been high on my list. Most of the typical liveaboard boats dive reefs and occasionally visit a wreck or two and those are generally all in recreational depths.
When Aron and Dirty Dozen announced an inaugural technical wreck diving expedition to the Solomon Islands, I jumped on the chance of a lifetime.
There are many benefits of diving with Dirty Dozen: sorb was waiting for us, banked Trimix gasses, plenty of rebreather cylinders, bailout cylinders rigged and ready-to-go, and a deco station that was setup on each wreck for our long deco dives.
They also had arranged to have the Solomons wreck expert, Neil Yates, with us to dive and give dive briefings.
Because they charter the boat, we as a team get to decide (conditions permitting) which wrecks we dive, how long we spend on them, and the general itinerary.
On this trip we dove a lot of great wrecks and had a lot of fun with some unique events like visiting the abandoned World Discoverer cruise ship and a beach BBQ at the end of the trip.
The wrecks were amazing. The highlight for me was diving the USS Aaron Ward three times with runtimes in the 2.5-3 hour range. It gave us plenty of time to really explore the wreck.
In addition, we were able to dive other great wrecks such as the USS Kanawha, a Japanese "Mavis" floatplane, and a very unique and pivotal piece of history, the Japanese I-1 submarine.
If you are looking for a very interesting and unique wreck diving location and want to dive some of the deeper wrecks, I highly recommend booking with Dirty Dozen.”
Brett Eldridge - Palau 2022/Bikini 2023/Solomons 2024
Read more of our customer testimonials now with more reports from Solomons, Bikini Atoll, Truk Lagoon and Galapagos.
GET ME TO THE SOLOMONS
If you are interested in joining us on a dream expedition to the Solomon Islands contact us now to register your interest.
BOSTON SEA ROVERS - THIS WEEKEND
Visit our booth at the Boston Sea Rovers 70th Anniversary show this coming weekend!
Join us at Booth 18 to plan and book your OC/CCR trip of a lifetime to Palau, Solomons, Truk, Bikini or Galapagos
Aron is speaking on Truk Lagoon Vs. Bikini Atoll on Saturday at 3PM and might sneak some footage and experiences from Solomon Islands in there as well!
Looking forward to seeing you there!
That is it for this newsletter.
We look forward to some great adventures with you in the years to come and as always, don’t forget, if you are feeling lonely, then we are here to chat Dirty
Best,
Aron Arngrímsson and the DDE Team