{"id":2317,"date":"2012-07-16T23:15:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-17T06:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=2317"},"modified":"2013-12-10T19:13:50","modified_gmt":"2013-12-11T02:13:50","slug":"scuba-diving-albania-the-probitas-wreck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=2317","title":{"rendered":"SCUBA Diving Albania: The Probitas Wreck"},"content":{"rendered":"

July 11, 2012*<\/strong><\/p>\n

Idit and I had lunch on the boardwalk in Saranda last night.<\/p>\n

Saranda gets pretty hoppin’ in the evening.<\/p>\n

Idit picked me up at my Hotel, and we made a quick trip up the street to the “Demi Beach” Bar.<\/p>\n

It was the closest access point for a beach entry to the Probitas Wreck.<\/p>\n

The Probitas was sent by the Italian government to evacuate Italian soldiers after Italy surrendered during World War II.<\/p>\n

The Nazis got pissed and sunk the ship in the bay in 1943.<\/p>\n

Idit and I made an uneventful entry into the bay, amongst a lot of curious onlookers.<\/p>\n

We made the 100 yard swim to the buoy that marked where the ship is, and descended.<\/p>\n

Logged SCUBA Dive #414<\/p>\n

Dove with Idit<\/p>\n

The Probitas Wreck
\nSaranda, Albania<\/p>\n

Air Source: Private compressor in Vlor\u00eb
\nIn With: 2800 psi
\nOut With: 300 psi
\nMax depth: 70 feet
\nWaves: Flat
\nVisibility: Up to 50 feet
\nWater Temperature: 72 degrees
\nAir Temperature: 84 degrees
\nTotal Bottom Time: 50 minutes or so<\/p>\n

I believe we hit the bow first, coming down the buoy line.<\/p>\n

The Probitas is laying on its side on the ocean floor in 70 feet of water and parts of the hull are as shallow as 15 feet from the surface.<\/p>\n

Smoke stacks?<\/p>\n

Smoke stacks?<\/p>\n

Idit approaches the prop.<\/p>\n

Idit approaches the prop.<\/p>\n

The propeller.<\/p>\n

The Propeller.<\/p>\n

Growth on the Probitas.<\/p>\n

Growth on the Probitas.<\/p>\n

The wheel.<\/p>\n

The wheel.<\/p>\n

Diving the top hull 15 feet deep was our safety stop.<\/p>\n

Me on the surface.<\/p>\n

When Idit and I were down to 1000 psi, we surfaced to get a bearing on where to go to exit.<\/p>\n

“Uhm, where did we enter?” I asked.<\/p>\n

“Take a bearing on those yellow umbrellas,” he said.<\/p>\n

We submerged again and headed towards the beach – and right on target!<\/p>\n

We surfaced right at the yellow umbrellas, but it was 20 feet away from where we actually entered – no big deal.<\/p>\n

We were soon off to our next dive location.<\/p>\n


\n*Due to time constraints, lack of reliable internet access outside of Tirana, power outages in Tirana and the strength of Albanian beer, posting of this article has been delayed.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

July 11, 2012* Idit and I had lunch on the boardwalk in Saranda last night. Saranda gets pretty hoppin’ in the evening. Idit picked me up at my Hotel, and we made a quick trip up the street to the “Demi Beach” Bar. It was the closest access point for a beach entry to the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,34,9,3,31],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2317"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2317"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2928,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2317\/revisions\/2928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}