U455 expedition

On 16, 17 and 18 October 2012 the DIRrebreather team performed in total 17 dives on the wreck of the U455, near Portofino, Italy in 120 msw. All dives went well. The runtimes were max 3 hours. The gasses were 7/80 on board, bail out 10/70 (carry on), 18/45 (carry on, also for dil flush), 50% (on shot) and 100% (on shot). Participants were Marco Valenti (Hammerhead, Italy), Sabrina Cattaneo (Hammerhead, Italy), Vic Verlinden (Inspiration Vision, Belgium), Dennis Blom (JJ-CCR, The Netherlands), Oscar Corna (Megalodon, Italy), Francesco di Vita (Megalodon,. Italy), Nicholas Schiavon (Inspiration Vision, France), Drazen Goricki (Megalodon, Croatia), Holger Berghauser (TR300, Germany), Armando Ribeiro (Inspiration Vision, Portugal) and Pim van der Horst (PRISM2, The Netherlands). The team made some very good footage and pictures. Articles and movies will appear shortly in several magazines and on forums. The team had to cancel the 15th, because of the weather conditions. The conditionson the 16th were good, but on the 17th there was a lot of current and big waves. On the 18th the conditions were good again. The team used Portofino divers as basis. This GUE dive center supplied the boat and also in water support divers. Good work! The team was the first non-local divers to dive the wreck. It was only dived 5 times before.