My favourite dive - the SS Silverlaurel in 68 metres

[@DialUpNewZealand]

Bro the amount of information you provide about not only diving but the ships etc we are seeing is truly fascinating. Thanks for sharing it all with us, especially those such as myself who can only dream of doing such things.

[@D33pUK]

My pleasure - more to come!

[@colinwilliams9290]

Really enjoying the raw largely unedited videos that your posting, great UK diving

[@D33pUK]

@@colinwilliams9290 Thanks, I know they're not to everyone's taste but at least they give the full picture of what it is like!

[@colinwilliams9290]

@ I gave up the diving about 8 yrs ago and your dives definitely take me back to the dark silty wrecks.

[@shaunspadafora7943]

Great video, dude! I'm so glad I discovered this channel. This is especially enjoyable during the winter months & I'm not diving. It really helps scratch that itch!

[@D33pUK]

Welcome aboard - next one out on Friday!

[@alchenist]

This is my favorite dive show. Thank you for being an inspiration. Being honest about your mistakes and inner voice ☺️. Beginner diver from Belgium here. 55 dives, 2* cmas. Just started with the drysuit. Training for 3*.

[@D33pUK]

Glad you enjoyed it and good luck with your dive progression. A few of my dive buddies are from Belgium and they're great to have on trips!

[@garethmallon-curley1240]

Love these videos. Am new to CCR diving and love the narration of the dives and how you manage various tasks. High set point on ascent and blowing out gas etc. and showing your dive plan and deco. Thanks for posting great videos

[@D33pUK]

@@garethmallon-curley1240 Hopefully you'll find the next one useful then - it's my bail out from a 68m dive earlier this year! Should be online in the next week or so 🤞

[@nickjohnson410]

So awesome. The ocean depths are truly one place I will never go but your videos give me an opportunity to really imagine it. Thank you.

[@D33pUK]

@@nickjohnson410 Really appreciate you taking the time to comment and glad you enjoy my videos👍

[@KeyaanMZ]

Love the video, and love learning more about CCR

[@D33pUK]

@@KeyaanMZ You asked and I'm trying to deliver!

[@davidthommo7891]

Fantastic. Thanks for weaving in more of the logistics/technical aspects of the dive

[@D33pUK]

@@davidthommo7891 No worries and I'll try to do more of this. Next video should be my bailout after my unit flooded on a 68 m dive! Lots of discussion about the technicalities of rebreather diving in that

[@gabrielerivetti4668]

Man that’s stunning🔥🔥 Keep doing talked dives reportages, they’re sooooooo good

[@D33pUK]

@@gabrielerivetti4668 Thanks and plenty more to come!

[@InnerSpace_Explorers]

i avsolutely LOVE your videos and the narration. Been on the Silverlaurel myself in 2001 - was great watching your dive. Thanks for sharing!

[@D33pUK]

My pleasure, glad you like them!

[@shaunwest3612]

Great video, what an incredible dive,I say again you are very brave doing what you do,the silver laurel was definitely on perilous trip, especially through the channel, very brave men on board, love your videos buddy 😀👍👌

[@D33pUK]

@@shaunwest3612 Thanks - appreciate the feedback 👍

[@Miz-pw9dh]

Nicely done. Thank you for the information as you're going along. It’s like learning in a classroom and staring out the window at the same time. I want to progress my diving this year and this is helpful. Nowhere near a CCR but nice to learn.

[@D33pUK]

@Miz-pw9dh Thank you - glad that you enjoy them!

[@simonsays2685]

Another quality wreck video.

[@D33pUK]

@@simonsays2685 Thank you 👍

[@kevinperryman9149]

great video and love the simplicity in which you explain CCR and what you are doing during the dive as you filmed i was looking out for artefacts myself as if i was there 😊.thankyou again for another great video.

[@D33pUK]

Glad you enjoy my videos - if you spot anything I've missed then please let me know!

[@craigbradbrook2569]

ALL YOUR VIDIOS ARE GREAT AND IMFORMATIVE

[@D33pUK]

@@craigbradbrook2569 Thanks, glad you enjoy them 👍

[@trevorduncan9635]

Absolutely lovin these videos mate. Fantastic.

[@D33pUK]

Great, probably not my best one but I do love this dive!

[@Morrisfactor]

Can't thank you enough for these amazing dives on the wrecks around the UK. I'm surprised that no one has salvaged the prop, especially with the price of bronze today. I am really envious of the rebreathers - they were not available when I was wreck diving in the seventies in Puget Sound and Alaska (our deepest dives were to 240', triple tanks, straight air - so we were pretty narced). Your entire dive preparation/skill set puts our old techniques to shame, we could have learned a lot from you guys if somehow TIME could be reversed!

[@D33pUK]

@@Morrisfactor These kind of dives are only possible because of the knowledge and experience that was gained from your generation! Those kind of depths on air are pretty incredible, bet you can't remember much about them?

[@Morrisfactor]

@@D33pUK We were pretty "under the influence", for sure. I once brought up (from 240') what I thought was a green glass serving pitcher - as we got higher up the decompression line, I realized it was a greenish bronze, firehose gate valve - not looking anything like a beer pitcher but mighty heavy! That was on a 420' passenger liner sunk in 1921 (SS GOVERNOR) north of Seattle.

[@D33pUK]

@@Morrisfactor Incredible, and that's the reason very few people do deep air diving any more 🤣

[@simonsays2685]

At that depth it wouldn't be worth recovering the prop. It's beyond the air diving range for commercial divers so you'd need a mixed gas dive team either in saturation or using TUP. Cutting through the prop shaft would take time and then you've got to get it too the surface.

[@Morrisfactor]

@@simonsays2685 I am pretty sure that you are correct. Surely people have "run the numbers" and the costs of salvage exceed the value gained.

[@antoniabeda9105]

I can't wait to dive like you

[@D33pUK]

@@antoniabeda9105 All you need is the equipment, training and experience!

[@ericvadekro8334]

Amazing dive! P-valve rulezz I gues 😂

[@D33pUK]

@@ericvadekro8334 Lots of the team rely heavily on them, or nappies. My bladder has a 3 hour capacity 🤣

[@ericvadekro8334]

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[@frankd5871]

Good commentary. One pipe flange seen. When I saw something of interest to me I'd hold the camera on it and count to 15 or more. When editiing the vid the thing could more easily be taken in. Also used to go around the thing as much as possible and change the distance of the camera to the thing. The available light on a thing changes depends where the sun is, out in the tropics. Often not until doing the editing was it found that the camera was pointing towards the natural light source even at 30 mtrs. Battery powered lights were good some were flood and some were spot light it was necessary to have both when under. Time there's a concern to get as much done as one can. Would do a tour of the site, go back again and again to concentrate on a thing or area. After several dives on the same site could then take only that which was needed to video a certain thing or area. It was always good to be with the local dive guides. The so called Liberty wreck at Kubu Bali was beached after being struck by a torpedeo. In 1963 it slid to its present position underwater. The fore and aft guns have fallen off and much of the hull has collapsed. The prop shaft and couplings (pos' oil clutches) can be easily seen as can the boilers, mid and fore holds. The bow is leaning to starboard the anchors and chain can be followed the lay of which indicates the path of the ship to it's present position. The approach to the stern in very impressive especially seeing the great rudder and then the stern gland missing its shaft and propeller. Inside the stern can be seen the steering gear. I didn't recognise the engine room parts in your vid except one looked like a water evap and another like an air reciever tank. There's likely lots of build drawings of that type of ship which likely show the engine room layout.

[@D33pUK]

@@frankd5871 Thanks for those suggestions although they're much more difficult to do on deeper wrecks when multiple dives simply isn't an option! Also different challenges between blue and green water.

[@Anton-bw3yi]

Very interesting I just wonder is there bigger lights that can illuminate wider area as it is not so clear in your light beam to see clearly. Secondly I might have missed it but was there possibly any human remains.

[@D33pUK]

@@Anton-bw3yi I have two main means of taking video; a helmet mounted Paralenz Vaquita and a scooter mounted go-pro. The latter also has video lights which results in a much better quality video. Unfortunately on this drive I was only using the helmet mounting system!

[@freedomwanderer]

Nice.

[@DaringCinematics]

Uncle Dom these videos are very informative and interesting! I'm loving them! My question is is there a sea temperature that is too cold for you or the equipment?

[@D33pUK]

Limiting factor is definitely me rather than the kit. A few years ago we found HMS Jason in 90 metres off the Scottish coast. Those dives were in April and the water temp was 7 degrees which wasn't very pleasant!

[@DaringCinematics]

@D33pUK I would try and say I can imagine how cold that is but I cant😅 What's the deepest you can go? I suppose the water gets colder at the lower depths?

[@D33pUK]

@DaringCinematics Generally you're right that it does get colder with depth but also worth mentioning that you spend the majority of the dive near the surface as that's where the deco happens. Deepest I have been is 130 metres (HMS Transylvania) but people have been much deeper on CCRs.

[@Bear-q6m]

Hey Dom, I really enjoy your narrations. Could you show us your computer a little, long enough to see all your info?

[@D33pUK]

@@Bear-q6m I understand why you want to see it and will try for videos that I record in the future. A key issue for head mounted cameras is that I can't compose the shot as I don't know exactly where they're pointing!

[@dinger3687]

Just wondering, is doing the deco stops for a couple of hours boring.

[@gryffent]

Yes, yes it is. My last few dives never dropped below 32 meters which is deeper than I usually dive. I’m 69 now and don’t dive nearly as much as I did when younger. I like diving in warm waters these days as the fish are plentiful and if you dive in Cuba, The Bay of Pigs it’s my perfect dive now. A gradual fall off until the world comes to an end and the bottom drops off forever! It takes your breath away to see that blue abyss.

[@D33pUK]

@@dinger3687 It's the price you pay for getting to dive at these depths ..... But yes! Most of the time I have a kindle in a waterproof bag so can read books which helps make the time go past a bit quicker!

[@peterferguson7679]

Thank you so much I did try a rebreather a good few years ago and thought what a fantastic bit of kit, can I please ask how you control your buoyancy ? And the other question what is the maximum depth you can go to with a rebreather? I have only dived to 55 meters after 50 the air becomes toxic , thanks again best regards Peter and as we are near Christmas hope you have a very happy Christmas and New Year 😀

[@D33pUK]

My CCR has transformed my diving. I'm so pleased I made the switch. I control my buoyancy on my drysuit with my wing for surface buoyancy and redundancy. The loop volume is maintained by my ADV which I then switch off on the bottom. After that I use the diluent (deep) or oxygen (shallow) MAVs. Venting from the loop is via the side of my mouth. Hope you had a good Xmas too!

[@mikesonntag7698]

So intrigued by your diving. Hope to get my first ccr soon but for now I'll have to just stick with side mount tek. Also Have you seen the ccr GO? What are your thoughts? I know only 2.5 hr scrubber time but I'm not looking at dives longer then that any time soon. Any other advantages to having a full back mount unit? For context i dive in the pnw (Seattle area) so nothing to really look at past 200fsw.

[@D33pUK]

Glad you're enjoying my videos - I've got lots more to come. I haven't seen or dived with a Go so wouldn't really feel qualiifed to offer an opinion until I had. I think the use case for a modern mCCR/SCR is pretty strong and several manufacturers have tried/are trying (Hollis, Mares, Poseidon, etc). I'd love to see one of them crack it!

[@nodidog]

What brand are the strobes that you attach to the shot line? Clever way to keep track of where it is

[@D33pUK]

I use two; one is Nautilus/Hi-Max and the other is Shark. Very pleased with both

[@arkansasboy45]

That is an interesting dive, but why carry trees during WWII? I would pay shipping to the US for one of those

[@D33pUK]

@@arkansasboy45 Thanks, I guess that all sorts of raw materials are needed especially during war time. They were even still making planes from wood in WW2!

[@gonsolop2429]

Improvement; would it be possible to show a directional arrow that points towards the surface. I'm on lung medication for nasty cold which may affect my viewing. I hold a pilot's license with lots of certificates & I play video games on the same axis without ever experiencing dizzyness. This video made me dizzy. Likely lots of factors feeding into this. Though, it does help me during your videos when I am aware of your position in regards to surface & ocean floor. It helps me get my bearings quickly, so that can concentrait on your viewpoints quicker. Cheers❤ as always. Good vid.

[@scubacro5758]

0:13 You don't have laws about stealing from historic wrecks ?

[@D33pUK]

In the UK this is described as salvage. Anything removed from a wreck needs to be declared to the Receiver of Wreck (RoW) within 28 days (www.gov.uk/report-wreck-material). The RoW then determines ownership. If the owner decides they want the item then they have to pay costs to the person who salvaged it. The Silver Laurel's bell was awarded to me earlier this year, in lieu of salvage. This wasn't really a surprise as the wreck is owned by the UK government who aren't really that interested in it!

[@scubacro5758]

@D33pUK interesting, good to know. You should visit Croatia for some good visibility diving, island of Vis is tech diving destination

[@D33pUK]

@@scubacro5758 I've done several trips to Vis and love it - Maris, Brioni, various B-17s/B24s, etc Always use Manta Divers in Komiza who are a great team

[@sdcoinshooter]

When are you inviting me over for a barbecue?

[@D33pUK]

@@sdcoinshooter Plenty at my house every summer .... Just listen for the bell 🔔 🤣

[@gonsolop2429]

Thanks for sharing some historical knowledge. With all soy poisoning going into American junkfood & softdrinks, I can't help myself from wondering what chocolate factories exist today whom use safer, natural ingrediance. Soda pop: a childhood favorite of mine is Big Red, from Texas, though it was acquired by Dr. Pepper and Seven-Up Corp around 2005 and its original ingediant of cane sugar has since been replaced with poisonous Aspertame ( a synthetic sugar that fogs the brain ) . Big Red Retro is supposed to be available in small quantities, sporting its original ingrediants. Its become more of a fabled creature like the Unicorn. Canada even managed too destroy Guines Black a dark beer that was much loved here in Tn. Thier Sorry substitute with the Harp is just nasty. I must travel to specialty pubs for a good dark English beer on tap. Which, I rarely bother to do. Opting instead fir American made Yengling Lougar ŵhich taste good and allows me too enjoy an occassional big meal of good food. I can't stimach Coronna much. Though the mexican resturaunts sell it cheap on tap. And is their Delicious!❤ Been souping it during bad winter cold. Mexican is on my horizon.😎, though I may have to pass on the beer, as I'm still on meds for this horrible cold. Fluid in my lungs & these gods aweful coughing spells. I can't catch my breathe somerimes. I'm already a day late in healing. Glad the u-boat got their due. Justice of the sea, perhaps. Live by the sword, die by the sword. It was a nasty business, they enjoyed for a time until their number came up. Yeah, they served. Admirably so. The scales must be balanced. Sad hearing of our boys & allies perrishing in such great numbers, yet it's an historical fact that we participated in full and then some. As had Canada, Great Britian, Scotland, Ireland, Austrailia, Finland, Russia. Where are we all now in terms of getting along. I've had it with Canada's healthy food reports & Russia's vegitable gene splicing. Lets not for Cornolla Oil for cooking is promoted as healthier than vegitable oil. Yet Cornolla Oil is primarilly a cash crop for Canada who refuses too stop pushing it for cooking. Its sole & original purpose being an underwater lubricant for submerged boat driveshafts & such. Educate thy self with updates & learn too read between the lines. This can litorally save your life today.