So much beauty amidst so much sorrow

Hi Peter, very nice and qualitative video, I was there in feb 2023! This was a great dive experience and good memories! My grand father fought the japanese in the Pacific and was POW in Japan.

Amazing footage. A snapshot of time from a horrible world. Someday man might learn not to make war upon each other…

Having dived the area, your footage has to be commended, clear and detailed. The colours of the coral and fish were striking.

Now on my bucket list

Amazing. The stories here associated with war and death but also paradise and sea life remind me of Avatar: The Way of Water. I can tell James Cameron had inspiration from these kind of places. Not to mention there's rumors of the lagoon being haunted by those Japanese soldiers who died....

The bottles landing upright is amazing considering the chaos.

Fantastically well done, thank you.

Very nice 👍 thanks for sharing

Wow. Beautiful shot video myy friend

Amazing video. Showing the human element is a bit startling remembering that thousands of people lost their lives when these ships and planes went down!!! I was captivated during the whole video… Thank you and well done!!!!

All the destruction of war mixed with the sea life makes this video stunning brilliant piece of filming

So hauntingly beautiful 🙏🏽❤️

It's trips and videos from them that made me want to learn to dive...I just never did, gettin' a bit old to do that now. Quite a wonderful and quality video you have brought us, I appreciate you sharing. My father fought in WWII in the US Army ..503rd Spec Ops, fought in New Guinea, Admirality Islands and Philippines.

I lived on truk as a kid in the 50s. Returned in the latter years. One thing that is no longer seen is all the masts sticking out of the water. My mother ran a small motel near the water front and one of the small ships ran aground and that was sutting in front of the motel. Some military guys showed up to look for the missing submarine known to have been sunk. They eventually found it. Bodies were recovered by japan. Some folks died diving it if what i heard was correct. I think its sealed now. Those guys showed me a lot of pictures showing the big bombing raid. Could see the ship in front getting bombed. It was going out but returned to the island to ground itself. Custeau dived them and made a documentary.

I love how these shipwrecks become habitat.

I know it’s very interesting but sometimes I feel it’s desiccation of a war grave. So many died as did the allies at Pearl Harbour. Just sometimes it feels wrong. But a stunning glimpse into how the sea life take over making it beautiful.

Fun fact: by the peace treaty with Japan in 1945 to end the war they started, Japan is responsible for any clean up, anywhere where it’s forces fought.

Beautiful dive...so many colors....

Amazing videos! Congratulations from Brazil!!! My bucket lis for sure!

Wahnsinn herzlichen Dank fürs mitnehmen 🙏💪🤩🤙👌

Nice video. My wife and I dove on some of those ships about 8 years ago while she was out there for some research (she is an oceanographer). The history of the place is remarkable, and the coral growth is now all but completely obscuring some of the ships. It is great diving for sure. We were told by our guide that the locals used to dive on some of the ships to collect the cordite for but I understand that most of it is now gone or not much use as an explosive anymore. Between deep dives, we would go to an island and have a picnick and maybe snorkel on a wrecked plane or some coral.

Peter did you take a tour of tunnels and gun emplacements? I and our group were able to do it! I understand that there are tunnels from one end of the island to the other. I was shocked to see rails in the ground, seems theycwere used to move the guns in and out! So even if the gun emplacement was attacked, the guns weren't damaged. To get the set up all they needed to do was remove any debris and run them out! The field of fire from inside was incredible. And even knowing where the emplacement was, you couldn't see from outside. I so want to go back! Great people, great history!

Wow, amazing, I got certified to dive when I was 14 by Padi I think it was about 2 or 3 week course, but that was 34 years ago so can not remember. I have not dived much since then because I moved out here to Oklahoma from where I got lived at the time which was the west coast of Florida in Sarasota. Anyway that looks amazing. Seeing all those ordinances would raise the hair on my neck not knowing if they were still live or not.

Really wish I could do something like this. I’m one of the few semi young people who actually understands how devastating this war was

Thanks for sharing this excellent video. I’ll be on the Odyssey in January, 2024.

Eerily beautiful. I wonder when this was 1st. Dived on?

Got to do that back in 1976 (also Palau) Trip of a lifetime. Had Nikonos II camera which for picture quality doesn't hold a candle to todays cameras (even the cheaper ones).

The views were beautiful! The Japanese have a technology that we haven’t mastered yet. Their ships can be violently sunk and yet nothing on the operating table falls off. If I barely snag a pothole on the interstate, I get scalded by hot coffee. 😳

To nature, human conflict means nothing

Seeing this right after one on WWII ships being illegally salvaged, graves of thousands of Sailors and civilians though they are.

Why is there no fuel or oil leaks from these wrecks? Or, is it something that isn't shown? Watched many different dives and historical accounts of the attack so seems there should/would be residual fuel/oil leaks like there is with the USS ARIZONA.

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Can I ask as you are on a single what mix you are on diving the San Fran .. assuming it's just air ? .. also what dive time did you do .. any deco and what mix was in the extra cylinder .. thanks

Hi could you tell me the name of ghe music in fhe video please? Thanks j

167 ft with a single tank and pony bottle with 27 mins deco? Seems safe....

Big diesel engine at 5:47.

I kno their war memorials. But its jus a shame to see all that stuff rotting at the bottom of the lagoon. When it could b raised & restored to b put in museums.

I always find the story of this battle quite distorted. In actuality, the majority of the IJN had already left the area, anticipating that a major US attack was eminent. The only Japanese ships remaining were transports and support ships. The main IJN naval fleet was gone.

What’s a Maru?

4:22, what is that?

Enjoy these artifacts while you can. China is actively salvaging these iconic WW2 wrecks for their pre-atomic age iron. Quick search provides much more information.

Japan could not win after Midway. Every life lost after that was a waste😢