First clean-up of SS Pelagosa, Croatia SS Pelagosa was an Austro-Hungarian armed ship sunk by an Italian submarine off the island of Grujica, Croatia, in February 1918. It was about 50 meters long and 6 meters wide and it rests in navigational position on the seabed 52 meters below the surface. The shipwreck is almost…
Survey mission at Arrow Point USA Team Ghost Diving USA set out aboard the Giant Stride for a survey mission at Arrow Point. The primary objective for the first dive was to collect GPS and depth data for lobster traps that were previously reported to be there by a few team members. The secondary objective was…
Massive Effort to Protect the Environment and Historical Wrecks Takes Place off Lampedusa During an eight-day expedition that wrapped up on June 29th, volunteer divers from five countries removed ghost gear from ships sunken during WWII in the Mediterranean Sea between Italy’s Lampedusa Island, and Tunisia. Healthy Seas teamed up with Ghost Diving and SDSS for a…
Ghost Diving Germany at the Baltic Sea again In June 2023 Ghost Diving Germany went out again, operating from Fehmarn at the Baltic Sea, again. Fehmarn is a pristine location for net raids as it provides access in all directions and has seen intensive fishing in past times, so there are plenty of nets…
Ithaca clean-up documentary “Best Environmental Film” at Cannes World Film Festival The recently released documentary about our legendary project Journey to Ithaca 2021 has been awarded “The Best Environmental Film” at the Cannes World Film Festival! We are beyond honored that this unprecedented cleaning is inspiring an international audience! We especially thank Michael Westreicher, coordinator of Ghost Diving…
A grim reminder on the Tuna Clipper USA Team Ghost Diving USA returned to the Tuna Clipper on June 5th. There were multiple objectives for this mission. The first, to collect the rest of the net needed for the Beam Center playground equipment project. Next, recover a lift bag left behind on the last trip…
MV MAKO is getting ready for the new North Sea season Our boat MV MAKO is currently being prepared for a new North Sea season by our volunteers. Among other things, she was taken out of the water to completely clean the bottom of the boat from fouling and to provide it with a new anti-fouling…
Healthy Seas goes Global with Record Number of Activities Thanks to the commitment and passion of our Healthy Seas team, our partners and of the many Ghost Diving volunteers we are proud to collaborate with, 2022 was an incredible year for Healthy Seas! Through hard work, strategic synergies, and creativity, we were able to achieve a truly global…
SKARV: More eyes on marine pollution In recent years, our projects have increased in size, with different requirements for the preparations. For example, more intensive scouting had to be done and surveys were also carried out above water in addition to the usual reconnaissance dives. An aerial reconnaissance turned out to be a logical…
Ghost Diving Egypt joins East Med in Cyprus 2023 has started out by being a busy year for Ghost Diving East Med. While the winter season is an unstable time frame where the sea only gives us some window for diving, weather dependent, we take the available opportunities to SCOUT / SCAN the underwater locations…