November 26, 2010 – 5:12 am
Friday afternoon at 2pm (Today), the CondoFish team will begin attaching the hard-wear and ropes to the wreck so that the 20-30 55 gallon drums can be attached. If all goes according to plan, all of the barrels should be attached and resting underwater by the end of Saturday. Shipwreck Party Sunday afternoon we should have the [...]
November 21, 2010 – 11:12 am
This Saturday, November 20th, the first phase of the 70 foot shipwreck recovery in Playa Hermosa was completed. After 3 hours of difficult underwater work, in low visibility and turbulent conditions, the wreck piece surfaced. This first part of the boat wreck needed nine air filled 55 gallons barrels to float. The CondoFish team used 14 air [...]
November 16, 2010 – 3:11 pm
6 weeks ago, a boat in the bay of Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste caught fire. The wreck was towed to the shore line where it now sits partially buried in the sand. Unfortunately, the owner nor the municipality’s marine division has the capability to move it off of the beach. It’s protrusion from the water and the sea floor has [...]
August 10, 2010 – 8:40 am
Today, Condofish committee member Renee Desaulniers dove Condofish with his nieces, Tiffanie and Naomie, and his brother Mario. It was the Canadian family’s first open water submersion after completing the confined water portion of the PADI Discovery course with Summer Salt Dive Center in Playa Hermosa. On the way down, an interesting yellow fish with black [...]