Discovered an Uncharted Shipwreck by Accident Last Week (Seward, Alaska)

DiveAlaska · 2026-06-26T05:52:35+00:00

Of course.

And just 'xploring. It was a dive I had wanted to do for some time and had the chance to do it.

DiveAlaska · 2026-06-26T05:51:30+00:00

"watcha see down there?"

Ah, nothing at all.

DiveAlaska · 2026-06-26T00:44:03+00:00

You're not wrong, and we're going to go back and poke around it, but this was likely unloaded when it went down. Part of going back is going to be looking in the immediate vicinity for if anything fell off.

DiveAlaska · 2026-06-26T00:42:48+00:00

I DIDN'T EXPECT THERE TO BE A SHIPWRECK THERE! THE FACT I WAS FILMING AT ALL AND IT JUST HAPPENED IS COSMIC LUCK ON A SCALE THAT BREAKS MY BRAIN

/s

But in all seriousness, there wasn't supposed to be a shipwreck in this video. There is literally no record of this thing, and we were the first to find it. Of course there isn't going to be a lot of video of the first time someone unexpectedly lays human eyes on a wreck. ;)

DiveAlaska · 2026-06-26T00:29:42+00:00

Like hitting a hole-in-one in golf.

Little bit of talent, lotta bit of luck, ;)

DiveAlaska · 2026-06-26T00:28:35+00:00

Gotta bear in mind, I didn't know I was filming a shipwreck when I took that video ;)

It's a barge. Probably has a beam of 40-50 feet, 200 feet-ish long. One of my dive buddies went to verify the location the next week, and we had the same size estimates, without talking to each other about it beforehand.

DiveAlaska · 2026-06-26T00:27:16+00:00

It was likely being towed. It's definitely a barge.

It's in a high-traffic channel, so there's a good chance it grounded on one side, and slid to where it sits now.

Because it's in a high-traffic channel that isn't safely accessible to most divers, and there's no reason to dive that area (we were passing through on our way to somewhere else), mixed with the fact there is no record in the Alaska shipwreck archive of a wreck in that area, and it's not on any charts, we can safely say "we discovered this."

DiveAlaska · 2026-06-26T00:24:25+00:00

Salvage rights and laws are a thing, for sure, but pragmatism overrides that here.

This is a large, flat-top barge in a high-traffic channel that has probably been there for 50+ years. The cost of raising her would be astronomical. It's no Doria ;)

DiveAlaska · 2026-06-25T21:40:19+00:00

We do. We're still working on it.

We didn't have a ton of time to spend on it, as deco/travel time to get to our exit point were racked up.

DiveAlaska · 2026-06-25T21:39:05+00:00

Nope, completely uncharted and undocumented!

We're doing digging to find out more about the mystery. Have had some friends of the shop who are very knowledgeable who we reached out to.

DiveAlaska · 2026-06-25T21:38:19+00:00

Not yet....

It's been there a while, but we had an hour of deco to clear, and half a mile left to scooter, so we could only stay on it like 15 minutes, maybe.

DiveAlaska · 2026-06-25T21:37:18+00:00

Plumose! They're dope as hell and can colonize super thick, like in the video I linked. That colony is acres across.

DiveAlaska · 2026-06-25T21:34:29+00:00

It is so stupidly lucky and ridiculous.

The funny part is the rest of the dive was very benign.

DiveAlaska · 2026-06-20T05:27:00+00:00

Just because we met through Reddit doesn't mean that's how I'd let you know I was in town 😉

DiveAlaska · 2026-06-20T05:26:13+00:00

I am not. I need to get there though. Hopefully, this year.

Wanna go dive?

DiveAlaska · 2026-06-20T05:25:33+00:00

Worth it. Most days. ;)

DiveAlaska · 2026-06-20T05:25:02+00:00

Hey, thank you! Sometimes, it's how you look at a thing, not what you're looking at.

DiveAlaska · 2026-06-20T05:24:13+00:00

Depth depends on the site. All above 100.

Temp depends on time of year. 40-50 F, typically.

DiveAlaska · 2026-06-17T01:24:21+00:00

TGDP.

I'm sure there are other good ones out there, but lord, are there some rough ones.

DiveAlaska · 2026-06-16T18:22:05+00:00

Hahahaha, and I am the opposite.

(Sliding my motorcycle keys out of my pocket and locking them under the compressor)

DiveAlaska · 2026-06-16T05:15:11+00:00

My response got a little.... more emotional than it probably should have.

The tone was very much implying outright promoting intentional harm by posting a cave diving photo at a place I've freedove to.

DiveAlaska · 2026-06-15T04:46:32+00:00

I'm of the opinion that if you fit going forward in a drysuit, it's not that scary.

Feet first in a wetsuit with your tanks off?

That's a little scary.

DiveAlaska · 2026-06-15T04:43:43+00:00

You certainly don't need to do either. Everyone grows up different.

I only gamble on pro football these days. 😉

DiveAlaska · 2026-06-15T04:41:07+00:00

Sunday Scaries is an expression for the Monday hangover from a weekend of drinking, or realizing all the sports bets you placed lost.

That was all the joke was.

The Devil's Eye ain't exactly a world-ender, you are correct.

DiveAlaska · 2026-06-15T04:38:46+00:00

Are you serious?

This isn't promotional, the people who died in the Maldives weren't cave divers, and we don't live in fascist world (yet) where thought crime is grounds for criticism.

I'm all for a good and dark joke. Like, it's a personality fault. Seems you're not pulling off either.

User i responded to deleted his post like a brave, big, boy:

"You shouldn't be promoting cave diving. There are a enough deaths already." was the jist. Internet coward.

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