CNN News publishes a story in regards to TISIRI's aircraft wreckage investigation. The article describes the story of pilot Stewart Dunbar who went missing after a flight 16 years ago. Dunbar's family has been searching for him ever since and immediately contacted TISIRI after hearing of the recent aircraft wreckage discovery. Read the story by clicking on the image of Ed Kalakauskis and Joe Kistel surveying the wreck site below.
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Observing A Natural Ledge Jacksonville Reef
Even though TISIRI is largely focused on man influenced marine habitats we are also very interested in natural reef systems. When possible, we visit such areas for comparison and observational purposes. The hope is that man influenced marine habitats, such as those created as a result of artificial reef deployments, mimic natural reefs systems as much as possible.TISIRI investigated one such natural reef this past Sunday. This area, which is often referred to as live bottom, consisted of a 4 foot relief stone ledge in about 80 feet of water. Below are pictures from TISIRI's reef investigation. The visibility was far from ideal when these pictures were captured but the photos demonstrate the current condition of the reef fairly well.
Read MoreGator Bowl Press Box Reef Investigation
Back in the early 80's press boxes from Jacksonville's old Gator Bowl were transported offshore and deployed in 80 feet of water. Thiswa an intential project in order tocreate marine habitat. The press boxes were ideal reef material having been constructed of heavy steal. Since then the location has become a popular fishing and scuba diving location off the coast of Jacksonville Florida. It is curretnly referred to as Press Box Reef.
Read MorePlane Crash Investigation; Two Offshore Downed Aircraft
TISIRI has encountered two separate unexplained plane crash sites offshore St. Augustine Florida recently. We conducted a preliminary investigation of both wreckage locations this past week and collected the imagery below. The first group of pictures and video is from a crash that included two Lycoming piston engines. The later group of pictures contains aircraft components that we have not been able to identify yet. Please review the pictures and let us know if you can provide any further insight in the comments section at the bottom of this page.
Read MoreFirst Coast News Plane Discovery Story
7-24-12Jessica Clark of Jacksonvilles' First Coast News interviews TISIRI's Joe Kistel regarding the recent aircraft wreckage discovery.
Strange New Sea Bass Behavior
While investigating a plane wreck site this past weekend TISIRI's Joe Kistel made a strange observation. He noticed what looked like a partially buried black sea bass that was lying on its side. Kistel assumed this was a dead sea bass that had become buried by scavengers but notice the eye exposed was following his (Kistel's) every move. Kistel then thought perhaps the fish was ill as there have been reports of sickly grouper sightings lately and continued on with wreck investigation efforts after taking a few photos. Several minutes later he encountered another buried the same way in sand and captured a few more photos.
Read MoreGulf America Dive Investigation Featured In Coastal Angler
This month's Coastal Angler Magazine features an article from TISIRI's Joe Kistel describing a recent dive investigation of "Jax Wreck" aka the wreckage of the Gulf America. Click on the image below to read the article.
Read MoreA Visit To St. Augustine's Moody Concrete Reef
TISIRI divers visited the reef to capture imagery for Reefs Revealed efforts and observe the current condition of the reef. Several fish species were observed as can been scene in the photos above. The concrete structures appeared completely encrusted with reef growth consisting of algae, sponge and soft coral. The overall health of the reef appeared to be great but TISIRI divers did also observe an abundance of Lionfish.
Read MoreExploring Capo Reef Offshore St. Augustine
Lying in a depth of 100 feet, roughly 25 miles East of the coast of St. Augustine's, lies a concrete structure artificial reef known as Capo Reef. TISIRI divers recently visited the reef to observe the current condition and collect imagery for Reefs Revealed. The reef appeared to be thriving with a great diversity and quantity of marine life. See pictures of the reef and some of its inhabitants below...
Read MoreDivers Discover Plane Wreck Offshore St Augustine
While offshore St. Augustine collecting reef site imagery for Reefs Revealed mapping efforts, TISIRI divers decided to investigate a random area of sea floor that appeared to be holding fish (according to the depth finder display). When divers hit the sea floor they were welcomed by sand and a school of bait fish but no structure. TISIRI investigators decided to swim an expanding circular pattern and when doing so a weed like structure was encountered. This "weed" turned out to be a piece of stainless steal and not far from it an aircraft engine block shown below was discovered.
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