CCR Diver in the Spiegel Grove machine shop

Advanced Wreck

South Florida has world-class diving on sunken ships like the Hydro Atlantic, Oriskany, and Spiegel Grove. Swimming through the insides of these wrecks – down hallways and inside rooms – is like going into a time capsule. You see the beds where people slept, the tools that helped the vessels on their mission, and the marine life that now calls these places home.

The ocean slowly erodes our shipwrecks, making them dynamic dive sites. Navigational decisions, gas planning, and negotiating restrictions are all part of penetrating shipwrecks. The advanced wreck program gives you the training, knowledge and skillset to reduce risks when exploring the insides of our awesome shipwrecks.

Shipwreck

The advanced wreck course is designed to employ team diving protocols to reduce risk while exploring shipwrecks.

  • Navigational techniques
  • Gas Planning
  • Emergency procedures

  • Decompression Diver
  • Experience diving shipwrecks (or cave diver)

Day 1
Land drills and gear rigging session
Shallow skills dive
Fills and video review
Day 2
Dives 1+2
Fills and video review
Day 3
Dives 3+4
Fills and video review
Day 4
Dives 5+6
Fills and video review

As an advanced wreck diver, you need to have confidence in your ability to work as a member of a team to accomplish goals. You should expect to use procedures and protocols to reduce risk and instill directional confidence. Dive planning will also be a big focus of our diving.

Advanced Wreck vs. Cave

Cave diving is theoretically the same as wreck diving – we don’t have direct access to the surface. In reality, the two are very different. Wreck diving is rarely as complex as cave diving, nor are the distance as long. Wreck diving poses unique risks with environmental and marine life factors. Cave divers assume they are prepared for the wreck environment, which is generally true, but they are not as efficient as wreck divers who are trained and experienced.