🆒🤿 Technical Wreck on the USS New York Armoured Cruiser Wreck in Subic Bay.

After a week of challenging training, this is the final qualifying ("checkout") dive from a technical-level wreck diving course held in Subic Bay.

The video shows line-laying through several decks and engine spaces inside the armoured cruiser USS New York (ACR-2). The route followed passes through very confined areas, multiple tight restrictions and is heavily silted.

Read more about the USS New York wreck in Subic Bay:

The dive was approximately 75 minutes long, including 20 minutes of O2 decompression before surfacing. Over 150m of line was laid during the penetration and the turn-point occurred after 25 minutes inside the wreck. The team were all equipped with XDeep Stealth Tec sidemount BCDs and the footage shown was captured via helmet-mounted GoPro.

Divers attempting dives at this level must demonstrate a high degree of psychological control; and possess justifiable confidence in their equipment, skillset, procedures and team.

RAID Technical Trimix, Sidemount and Advanced Wreck specialist instructor; based in Subic Bay, Philippines.
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[pinnacledivingco]

Good job on some skills here! Some things of note (since these are all in the video): At 1:00 in, a diver with orange fins had sidemount cylinder lower hose clamps and connection points way too high up on the cylinders, resulting in practically no torque or tension control of the cylinders themselves against the divers body, allowing them to float around instead of being held firmly in trim with the body. That same diver had a loop of material (possibly 550 cord) on the end of each fin through the no-go holes (the hole used to hang them up in the shop with), which is a snag hazard and violates a cardinal rule for penetration diving. At 2:51 in, there was a section of line crossing a bulkhead edge and rubbing on the edge. This would have been an opportune time to pull it away and secure it away from any edges. In wrecks, line should never run along walls or bulkhead corners, or anything with an edge, as these things are typically sharp and will sever the line. The exact same thing was seen at 4:55 in as well with regards to loose line. Great job in following the line and keeping it in sight though! At 5:02 in, you can get a great glimpse of exactly how loose the cylinders are on this diver due to the incorrect placement of the lower rigging being far too high up. 7:44 in, improper line securing, not tight, loose loop-over allowing it to hang far away from the secure point. Same thing seen at 8:17 in. Wrecks are extraordinarily dangerous and unpredictable due to being in a continuous state of degradation. One wrong hand placement or "bump" could potentially cause an object, hatch, or bulkhead, weighing a ton or more, to come down on top of you. Even bubbles have been known to break loose brittle overheads. Skills practice is highly important, but so is getting things right before venturing inside. All in all though, nice video. 😎🤙