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Truk Lagoon

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Truk is the place for WWII wrecks. I had always thought the wrecks were deep, though, and thus more accessible by technical divers. However, when BlueWater Photo ran their recent trip, I knew we would be going to those wrecks mostly accessible at recreational diving depths.
Yes, the wrecks we visited are often at the 60-120ft depth. The liveaboard offered nitrox, usually at 30%, and by watching your dive computer we had enjoyable dives - many for 45-60min by doing multi-level.
We had calm conditions with mostly clear water. The dive guides took us inside engine rooms, wheel houses, hulls and compartments. If you do not wish to penetrate, though, there is lots to see on the outside of the wrecks. There are all kinds of artifacts, some which have been brought up on the decks of the wrecks. Bottles, china, telegraphs, gas masks, engine machinery, trucks, tanks, dozers, airplanes, bullets, torpedoes, and more. Photo opportunities include both wide angle and macro. Be sure you have strobes, focus lights, and dive lights (it is dark inside). We had some fun with external lighting, too.
The wrecks are all WWII Japanese. Hearing/reading about their stories adds interest and context.
The wrecks are full of coral growth and fish life. Checking out the masts and kingpins are a beautiful way to dive at more shallow depths and get a scale of the size of the wrecks.

We dove from a dive liveaboard. Land based diving is also possible, and visits many of the same sites but with a sometimes long/bumpy ride to/from and for your surface interval.

We visited a small museum with information, pictures, and artifacts of some of the wrecks. It made me realize how many more wrecks there are beyond the ones that we saw during our week of diving.

Visited on 02/2018 - Submitted on 03/09/2018
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Odyssey Adventures Truk Lagoon

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The Odyssey can accommodate 18 guests (9 cabins). Our cabin was spacious with a king bed and private bathroom with shower. There was plenty of space under the bed for stowing bags. The cabin was comfortable and had its own a/c unit with controls.
The dive deck includes storage bins for each diver for your fins and other divegear. There are hangers for wetsuits to dry. A large camera table is outside, and there are two rinse tanks just for cameras - separate from the rinse tanks for wetsuits. Inside (same level as the dive deck) is an area for charging batteries.
Diving is done via giant stride off the swim step. There is a hangbar at 15feet to end your dive, and return is via either the ladder or there is an elevator that you can stand on and be raised up (SO NICE!).
The food was delicious. Full breakfast in the morning, snack after the first dive, full lunch, snack after the first afternoon dive, dinner. All drinks were included, even wine, beer, and alcohol.
The crew is great. Good service, good dive guides. You were allowed to dive your own profile, but the dive guides were very happy to show you inside engine rooms, hulls, etc. Usually there were only 2-4 people per guide.
Dive briefings were interesting. They gave a short history of the particular wreck, and described the features of each wreck. Things to be noted at each wreck were identified (including if there would be better items at another site), so you could better plan what you especially wanted to see on each dive. Photo opportunities include both wide angle and macro - there is lots of coral and fish life on the wrecks, besides artifacts and the wrecks themselves.

Visited on 02/2018 - Submitted on 03/09/2018
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