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DWP VISION
Diving with a Purpose (DWP) is a leading international organization that provides education and training programs, mission leadership, and project support services for submerged heritage preservation and conservation projects worldwide with a focus on the African Diaspora.
DWP MISSION
Diving with a Purpose (DWP) is a 501c3 organization dedicated to the conservation and protection of submerged heritage resources by providing education, training, certification and field experience to adults and youth in the fields of maritime archaeology and ocean conservation. Our special focus is the protection, documentation and interpretation of African slave trade shipwrecks and the maritime history and culture of African-Americans who formed a core of labor and expertise for America’s maritime enterprises.
- MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY TRAINING PROGRAM
The DWP maritime archaeology course is an intense week-long program that teaches the basics of underwater archaeology, including underwater mapping and trilateration. (Trilateration is the method archaeologists use to map and measure various sections of the wreck.) During the course, you can spend up to 1½ hours surveying a 6’x 6’ section of a site, not moving from that area. The work includes fanning the seafloor to expose the wreck and documenting the site using a ruler, pencil and slate with Mylar paper.
This type of diving is not for everyone. It takes diligence and concentration. However, the work is very rewarding when you know that you are responsible for preserving and cataloging history. As divers, we should always look for ways to increase our knowledge and thirst for the sport through advanced training and specialty diving courses like underwater archaeology.
ABOUT
- A SCUBA setting
- Learning underwater investigative and research techniques
- Discovering and analyzing with other experienced divers
- Diving a wreck site at 15 – 25 feet depth
- Developing skills and techniques employed in underwater cartography
- Gaining trilateration mapping skills
- Contributing to In Situ drawings
- Drafting planimetric site plans
- Experience: 30 logged dives minimally, ten (10) of which must be ocean dives and six (6) of which must have been logged in the last year
- Dive accident insurance (i.e. DAN)
- Your own dive gear (minus tank & weights); note you can rent or own your gear
- Thirst for new underwater experiences
- Appropriate thermal wear for 70º water temps
- Peak Buoyancy Skills (verification required if under 50 dives)
- Confidence with long-term bottom time dives (60-90 )
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to make accurate measurements on land and underwater
- Proficiency with the Imperial and Metric measurement system and knowledge on how to convert from one to the other
New Participants: $550
Returning Participants: $400
Instructors: $225
PADI-C Card: $50
- CORAL REEF TRAINING PROGRAM
- YOUTH DIVING WITH A PURPOSE
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