Shipwrecks change, all shipwrecks are unstable. They are constantly being attacked by the environment and eventually get swallowed into the sand to be forgotten. No part of the wreck is unchanged over time. The shallower the wreck the more oxygenated the water and heavy sea states accelerate the decomposition. This makes deciphering the story of […]
Take a couple of quiet days during low season, flat calm seas in the Gulf of Thailand and a bunch of techies. It’s all we need for a quick dash to the Torpedo wreck. This is one of the easier to reach technical wreck dives from our Koh Tao base. With ropes off scheduled for […]
At Davy Jones’ Tech we like to get out to some of the local wrecks to go for a tech fun dive. Later this month we are planning a trip to the infamous Tottori Maru. It is a Japanese prisoner of war ship more commonly referred to as a “Hell Ship”. The Hellship and its […]
Song Hong Sinkhole In the next few weeks Davy Jones’ Tech are planning a trip to Song Hong sinkhole in the south of Thailand. Led by head Technical Instructor David, we are planning a Trimix dive to 100m in the sink hole. 3 other divers who are Trimix and Full Cave certified will accompany us. […]
As a technical diver you need to have a back up of everything. So we are going to talk about dive computers today. As this equipment is a very important part of your kit, you need to have have at least 2 of them. The problem with dive computers is that even different models from […]
Something that we see that is becoming more and more popular is diving sidemount. This means positioning your tanks on your side, instead of your back. Now a lot of people want to dive sidemount because it is the new thing to do, There are many benefits to diving sidemount, first of all it is […]
We would just like to say congratulations to Peter Nieuwhof (who is DJL’s resident course director). He has recently passed his Tec Deep instructor exam and is now also DJL’s Tech Deep instructor trainer! This means Davy Jones’ Locker can now offer the Tec Deep instructor course. Koh Tao is a great place to base […]
1o/10/2011 day 10 Wake up on the Sara Dee, a cargo vessel that sunk approximately 25 years ago. The captain comes off the anchor and we close the distance to the mark. We’re right next to the mark, but it takes some time to locate her. When we do the sounder shows 53 metres to […]
