Thanks for posting this. Have been reading Shadow Divers and The Last Dive. I have also been watching videos on U-869 and none of them have show the vessel with the clarity of this video. Absolutely amazing.
Thank you for your comment! We were very lucky with the conditions on that dive and I had enough bottom time to swim along the sub twice to cover it all.
Find any cutlery with Horenberg written on it 😂. Great vis. Amazing to see a wreck I have read so much about. Thanks for posting. May get there one day. Safe diving.
Thanks for your kind comment! Yes, the other hull is almost gone. But then it's been 80 years since it sank and probably no longer built with the best raw materials in the middle of the war.
Great video, nice to see a recent video of the current condition of this wreck. Which month did you dive it and what was the water temperature? Can it be done with a 7mm wetsuit?
Thanks for the kind comment! Just checked my logbook for the temperatures. It was 44°F at the bottom and 75 on deco. I don't know your personal comfort level, but I preferred to have a drysuit on that dive!
Amazingly good video with pretty very good visibility, however, this video could use three things to make it top notch...1) narration, 2) graphics - occasionally in the corner showing the overall wreck and the POV of the underwater photographer, 3) lastly, some appropriate, subtle, dramatic background music would top it off, which would possibly make it an award winner at many Film Festivals. Mike Anderson, Maverick Pictures
Hi Mike, thanks for your kind comment! This is actually the unedited footage of the dive. Here is the edited one: th-cam.com/video/EkTmCwf_nOc/w-d-xo.html
Are you interested in the SCUBA part or the video equipment? Dive gear was a rebreather, a KISS Classic. The light is a DiveRite EX35 with video diffusor and the camera is a Paralenz+.
@@underthesurface_blue I bet, that looked amazing. I dive Monterey and Carmel and that kind of viz is a treat here so I figured it was the same in the Atlantic. Great video, this is a bucket list dive for me....
That's what I thought. I've searched for this wreck for a couple years, and I've never found it. I guess my numbers are off. Thanks for the reply, and very nice video!
@@Mike-hs8fq thank you! You can try this link to find the U869 with the map from Eastern Search & Survey. They share their map of all the wrecks they have found in the North East: www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1dMRBuqZSxv1ULdiPi76ZQCiHB0OkW7NV&ll=40.30630109051901%2C-73.53378835388357&z=8
They should be fairly accurate and in case of the U869 I can confirm that. Have a look at their facebook page, they have some advanced equipment to locate the wrecks.
I wonder what the German sailors would have thought of people exploring their ship (not to be accusatory at all, I just wonder; probably would be amused)
I always try to be respectful with war graves. That's also the reason I didn't go inside. I wonder what the sailors thought and knew about their whole trip and purpose... The captain was only 24 years old and probably the oldest on board. Not much time to understand the complexities of politics and life...
Thanks for posting this. Have been reading Shadow Divers and The Last Dive. I have also been watching videos on U-869 and none of them have show the vessel with the clarity of this video. Absolutely amazing.
Thank you for your comment! We were very lucky with the conditions on that dive and I had enough bottom time to swim along the sub twice to cover it all.
Great video. One dive that i hope i can make before it is gone.
Go for it!
Great viz
Find any cutlery with Horenberg written on it 😂. Great vis. Amazing to see a wreck I have read so much about. Thanks for posting. May get there one day. Safe diving.
Thank you!
I may have left a new knife with my name on it ;-D
Bravo!
Great video. The wreck is obviously in a rapid state of deterioration. Great to see though.
Thanks for your kind comment!
Yes, the other hull is almost gone. But then it's been 80 years since it sank and probably no longer built with the best raw materials in the middle of the war.
Great video, nice to see a recent video of the current condition of this wreck. Which month did you dive it and what was the water temperature? Can it be done with a 7mm wetsuit?
Thanks for the kind comment!
Just checked my logbook for the temperatures. It was 44°F at the bottom and 75 on deco. I don't know your personal comfort level, but I preferred to have a drysuit on that dive!
Amazingly good video with pretty very good visibility, however, this video could use three things to make it top notch...1) narration, 2) graphics - occasionally in the corner showing the overall wreck and the POV of the underwater photographer, 3) lastly, some appropriate, subtle, dramatic background music would top it off, which would possibly make it an award winner at many Film Festivals. Mike Anderson, Maverick Pictures
Hi Mike, thanks for your kind comment!
This is actually the unedited footage of the dive. Here is the edited one: th-cam.com/video/EkTmCwf_nOc/w-d-xo.html
Nice video and some solid conditions! Looks like the current was barely there also?
Thanks! Yes, the conditions were amazing. Vis and almost no current. Yet you never know if it picks up on deco.
Looks like you guys caught dinner while you were there?
Yes, definitely :-)
What sort of equipment did you use?
Are you interested in the SCUBA part or the video equipment?
Dive gear was a rebreather, a KISS Classic. The light is a DiveRite EX35 with video diffusor and the camera is a Paralenz+.
Nice video. What light are you using on this dive?
Thanks! It's a Diverite EX35 with video diffusor.
That’s pretty good viz. Is that normal for this wreck? Or did you get lucky?
We were extremely lucky with the viz. Richie Kohler commented on the edited version that he's only seen it like that twice in over 30 years.
@@underthesurface_blue I bet, that looked amazing. I dive Monterey and Carmel and that kind of viz is a treat here so I figured it was the same in the Atlantic. Great video, this is a bucket list dive for me....
@@mikesbigadventures194 Thank you! Hope you can make it happen!
Same here read the book shadow divers the saddest thing is they didn’t even get killed by enemy ships they got killed by their own torpedoes
Probably and didn't even know until it was too late...
Is this wreck off NJ?
Yes, ~55 miles off the coast of NJ. You can find more details in the description if you like.
That's what I thought. I've searched for this wreck for a couple years, and I've never found it. I guess my numbers are off. Thanks for the reply, and very nice video!
@@Mike-hs8fq thank you!
You can try this link to find the U869 with the map from Eastern Search & Survey. They share their map of all the wrecks they have found in the North East:
www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1dMRBuqZSxv1ULdiPi76ZQCiHB0OkW7NV&ll=40.30630109051901%2C-73.53378835388357&z=8
Thanks so much for the information. In checking a dozen coordinates I see this program doesn't match my numbers. Are these approximate locations?
They should be fairly accurate and in case of the U869 I can confirm that.
Have a look at their facebook page, they have some advanced equipment to locate the wrecks.
Is this the English Channel ? WW2 sub …
No, it is off the northeast coast of the USA. That's where some of the subs hit the supply lines.
I wonder what the German sailors would have thought of people exploring their ship (not to be accusatory at all, I just wonder; probably would be amused)
I always try to be respectful with war graves. That's also the reason I didn't go inside.
I wonder what the sailors thought and knew about their whole trip and purpose... The captain was only 24 years old and probably the oldest on board. Not much time to understand the complexities of politics and life...