The Historical past of Diving Museum and the Nationwide Affiliation of Underwater Instructors will maintain Classic Dive Weekend on Saturday and Sunday, March 8-9 at Jules Undersea Lodge in Key Largo.
When you’ve ever dreamed of diving like Lloyd Bridges and Zale Perry in “Sea Hunt” or like Jacques Cousteau and his staff, now’s the possibility. Individuals can see what diving previously period was like, gearing up in a basic double-hose regulator and taking a tour of the lagoon at Jules Undersea Lodge.
Along with diving in classic scuba gear, attendees will get a take a look at what it takes to go well with up a diver in a basic World Warfare II-era U.S. Navy Mark V helmet, as a staff from Trident Floor Provided Diving preps the diver who will make a descent into the lagoon.
Brass Hat divers will use an open-bottom “Divinhood” made by the Miller-Dunn Firm, which was positioned in Miami off the Miami River. These distinctive helmets, comprised of the mid-1910s to the Thirties, had been utilized by the army for ship husbandry and shallow-water work. Business and treasure divers used the helmets for salvage operations and so they turned a groundbreaking device for early marine biologists and underwater photographers. The “Divinhood” made potential a number of the first leisure diving within the Florida Keys.
These stay demonstrations with hardhat gear will happen at midday on Saturday and Sunday. The classic scuba dives will happen each hour on the hour each days from 10 a.m. to three p.m., excluding midday.
Divers, non-divers and land-lovers alike could watch in addition to partake in photograph alternatives and artwork actions whereas studying about diving historical past and conservation with workers from the museum. These all for experiencing classic diving can reserve a dive at divingmuseum.org.
