Triton Oceanic

About

What is Triton Oceanic?

The ocean does not reveal her secrets easily; it can be one of the most inhospitable environments on earth. Yet she holds the promise of great adventures.

Triton Oceanic is a new underwater exploration company formed by a group of accomplished and sometimes headstrong individuals, coming together with a singular goal, to explore the world's oceans and live those adventures.

The concept for Triton Oceanic began during a week of technical diving in Chu’uk Lagoon in 2007 and was initially formed for the purpose of promoting the team’s Project Kongo expedition, to find and document the wreck of the IJN Kongō, a 36,000-ton battleship sunk off Formosa. Since then, the team has grown in both size and scope and a number of underwater exploration projects are now being advanced under the Triton umbrella but remains, more or less, the same bunch of 'guys and gals' going diving, having fun and at the same time producing something worthwhile and informative.

Our expeditions will take the team to some of the most spectacular and remote destinations on the planet and the conditions we face will range from picture postcard idyllic to fearsome seas and storms.

Who are involved?

Each team member has brought not only their passion for diving and exploration, but also their own vision of what they hope to achieve both personally and for their new venture.

Some of the 'Tritones' are already full time diving professionals, having given up well-paid jobs to live out their dreams. For the others, it is now time for big decisions. Triton Oceanic and its adventures could be the fulfilment of a dream to be able to make a living from something we all love.

We are a diverse group of people, with vastly different temperaments. As a result, the human dynamic will cover joy and exhilaration, frustration and anger, perseverance and triumph; shared experiences that could bring them together, or tear us apart.

Diving, especially using more technical techniques can be a dangerous undertaking. All conflicts are put to one side when under the water, replaced simply by trust and the knowledge that you may have to put your life on the line for your team. They would do the same for you - click here to meet the team.

Where are we going?

The team will be planning and executing dive exploration projects to sites of historical and natural significance across the globe. We plan to record the events with still and video photography. This will enable anyone to go behind the scenes to witness what it takes to mount expeditions to discover a historically significant shipwreck and be faced with the emotions that accompany dives to wrecks that are the final resting place of people that will never see their families again.

Team Triton will search out and document the ocean’s most illusive creatures along with a new view of the most common. We always observe life in the sea from a human point of view, taking a perspective of the funny, the ugly, the majestic, and the deadly. We will be recording the colors, textures and the complexity of the marine residents and the elegant beauty of the ocean environment.

To see what's on the cards look at the news or projects section of this site.

Even better, pinch the RSS feeds to our site and immerse yourself in the realities of exploration, the boring days of transit, the difficulties involved in getting to remote locations and finally the adrenalin rush of discovery. Not to mention our struggle against deadlines, weather, equipment failures and themselves to become a cohesive team, Triton Oceanic.

Equipment

Tritones use a vast array of personal equipment from rebreathers to more conventional open circuit scuba diving rigs.

Our search equipment is state of the art using the latest in underwater technology from Remote Operated Vehicles (ROV's) to ‘side-scan’ multi-beam sonar and proton magnetometers.

This site will document our antics detailing what is takes to operate and maintain the array of equipment that is required for this type of exploration. A full list of the team equipment will be posted to the resources section of the website soon...

11 comments

Chester Wigwam on 03 Nov 2008 at 1:12

For the love of Satan’s fiery underpants, nobody’s used the word “dude” or “dudette” in a proper sentence since 1987. Are you guys trapped in a timewarp?

Scott on 17 Aug 2009 at 10:17

I disagree Mr Wigwam. Maybe you are past the times.