In August of this year our local government, during our annual budget meeting, will decide whether or not we can afford to open Bikini Atoll in 2009. The web site will remain unchanged until then.
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Index of Dive Tour Information:
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Bikini WRECK diving profiles
Dive Boat and Facilities link
Bikini Atoll Divers Divemasters & Qualifications
Edward Maddison (Bikini Islander)
Dive Guide. NAUI Open Water Diver, IANTD Overhead Environment Supervisor. He has 17 years of experience diving Bikini's wrecks.
Ronnie Lokiar (Bikini Islander)
BS-AC Dive Leader, PADI Open Water Diver. Ronnie has 5 years of dive experience at Bikini Atoll.Looking for Fabio?
See the Fabio Amaral Tribute and Contact page [a page dedicated to one of the founders of the Bikini Atoll dive program. Fabio worked on Bikini from 1996 through the 2001 dive season as the Head Divemaster on Bikini].
Looking for Tim Williams? [Head Divemaster and Resort Manager on Bikini Atoll from 2002-2004, Asst. Divemaster 2001]: Timdiver5@cs.com Looking for Jim Akroyd? [Head Divemaster and Resort Manager on Bikini Atoll from 2005-2008, Asst. Divemaster 2004]: jimakroyd@hotmail.com
Above: RMI's new Dash 8 [34 passengers, 1 ton of cargo].
Passengers are allowed 40 pounds of check-in luggage free of charge, for every pound over that the charge is US$1.50 a pound each way (at this time there is no weight limit for excess baggage).
What you will need to bring to Bikini regarding equipment & computers, etc: A message from our Head Divemaster
Rebreather Information for those wishing to bring rebreathers to Bikini Atoll.
BIKINI ATOLL FACILITIES:
The Dive Boat: We are currently using a Hammerhead front loading diveboat for the dive program this year:
Bikini Atoll Divers Hammerhead Dive Boat
Length: 25', Beam: 10'
Bill Munson Aluminum Construction deep "V" hull with drop front gate and side ladder. Benches to accommodate 8 to 12 divers. Our alternative dive boat is also a Hammerhead and has all the same basic specifications.View pictures of our dive, dining and recreational facilities.
SAMPLE BIKINI WRECK DIVE PROFILES
For the Bikini WRECK dive program a diver should be at least a PADI Advanced Diver and be very comfortable with his/her dive equipment while underwater. Read the Letter from the Head Divemaster for further information about this dive program.
Listed below is a typical week's schedule of decompression dives, though it can vary from week to week depending on what the customers want to see and on the condition of a particular ship. The first dive is usually done at 9:00 a.m., the second at 3:00 p.m.
Day 1: Wednesday Arrive in the early afternoon from Majuro. Divemaster does a site briefing.
Dive 1: Do a checkout dive on the USS Saratoga flight deck and penetrate bridge. [90 feet] Max Depth ( MD)=115 feet, Bottom Time (BT)= 45 min. Run Time (RT) = 60 min (This is the total time of the dive and includes decompression with EAN75 ) Please be aware that the following profiles do include multilevel dive calculations."As shake-down dives go, a dive to 32m on to the flight deck of the the USS Saratoga must be the best in the world." -Major AJ Reid, British Forces, 1999
Day 2: Thursday
Dive 2: USS Lamson destroyer. MD = 160 feet, BT = 30 min, RT = 75 min
Dive 3: USS Saratoga aircraft carrier hanger deck w/planes. MD = 130, BT = 35, RT = 75Day 3: Friday
Dive 4: USS Arkansas battleship. MD = 175, BT = 30, RT = 80
Dive 5: HIJMS Nagato battleship bridge, stern, props and guns. MD = 165, BT = 30 , RT = 90Day 4: Saturday
Dive 6: HIJMS Nagato battleship bow and bow guns. MD = 170, BT = 30 , RT = 80
Dive 7: USS Saratoga stern and plane on bottom of lagoon . MD = 175, BT = 45, RT = 110Day 5: Sunday
Dive 8: USS Carlisle attack transport. MD = 160, BT = 30, RT = 80
Dive 9: USS Apogon submarine. MD = 165, BT = 30, RT = 95Day 6: Monday
Dive 10: USS Anderson destroyer . MD = 180, BT = 30, RT = 110
Dive 11: Optional Dive, (group decides which dive to make after discussion with divemaster)Day 7: Tuesday
Dive 12: USS Saratoga bow and crew quarters. MD = 120, BT = 45, RT = 80
Pack for return trip the next day, which keeps the diver out of the water 24 hours before the flight.Day 8: Wednesday
Return to Majuro... And schedule your next trip to Bikini!
ALL divers who dive with us on Bikini Atoll MUST have proper dive/medical evacuation insurance or they will not be able to dive with us, no exceptions will be made.
We generally look for three main characteristics in a dive insurance plan:
1) Ability to evacuate an injured diver anywhere in the world.
2) Ability to pay for medical treatment of an evacuated diver anywhere in the world.
3) Ability for the diver to dive below 130 feet anywhere in the world and still be covered by the insurance plan.
BIKINI ATOLL DIVERS highly recommends the following dive insurance plans [the links take you to their websites]:
DAN Preferred Plan or DAN Master Plan but NOT the DAN Standard Plan
PADI Dive Insurance Platinum or Gold plans but NOT the PADI Silver Plan
NAUI dive insurance plan Deluxe Dive and Travel Plan or Deluxe Dive and Travel Family Plan but NOT the NAUI Standard Plan
Diveassure Gold, Platinum or Diamond programs
DAN EUROPE Basic, Master or Super Plans
If you do not see your dive insurance plan on this list, please email us with either a website or other direct contact information for your insurance company so we can check their policies.
NOTE FOR DIVERS FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM: Some insurance companies from the UK will not cover divers on Bikini unless you have a qualification to carry out 2 decompression dives a day. Please read the small print of your policy as sometimes it states that the insurance company will only pay for injury related expenses if divers are diving within their qualification level. Not many training agencies allow 2 decompression dives a day, so please make sure of this with your insurance company before coming to Bikini Atoll. Most of our dives go beyond the 130 foot/40 meter limit of many dive insurance programs.
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