Truk Lagoon with Backscatter

This trip is open to all divers whether you are an open water diver or on a closed circuit rebreather. The marine life in Truk rivals some of the best reefs in the world, the wrecks are heavily encrusted with marine life and the best places for imaging are at recreational depths. Expect well thought out daily schedules with the best support in the industry. Spaces are limited to 16 divers.

The Blue Lagoon Resort is Truk Lagoon's premier scuba diving resort. Located at the site of the 1944 US Navy attack on Truk Lagoon known as Operation Hailstone, the resort grounds still contain many WWII relics left behind by the Imperial Japanese Navy including defensive Pillboxes.

The resort is a great base for topside excursions such as visits to neighboring islands or WWII artifact hikes.

Shaded by palm trees, the Blue Lagoon Resort grounds are great for quiet moments, scenic walks, and offer panoramic views for photography of Truk Lagoon and the Chuuk islands.

Enjoy your meals with a view of Truk Lagoon. The dining room is a great place for socializing, sunset-watching or catching up on your email using the wifi connection.

The Blue Lagoon Resort has 54 large and comfortably furnished rooms. Accommodations include Standard first floor rooms, second floor Superior rooms and deluxe Suites with king size bed, separate living room and kitchen facilities.

All rooms are air conditioned with full bath and shower, telephone, refrigerator and a private balcony that overlooks the Lagoon.

The Blue Lagoon Dive Shop is native owned and operated and has been guiding divers since 1973. It is a complete dive facility offering air, Nitrox, or mixed gas and can accommodate all levels from the snorkeler or new diver right up to multi-tank wreck divers. Multiple boats assure smaller dive groups and maximum flexibility, whether your interest is underwater sightseeing, tec diving or underwater photography and video.

The islands and fringing coral reefs that encircle Truk Lagoon provide a protective barrier from large waves and strong ocean currents, one of the reasons the Imperial Japanese Navy made it one of their most important naval bases during WWII.

The Lagoon has over 60 wrecks, many only recently discovered, including ships, aircraft, battle tanks, vehicles, and a large assortment of World War II armament. Some of them took part in the attack on Pearl Harbor and Midway Island operation. The most popular wrecks, as well as many lesser known ones, are a short ride from the resort.

The Odyssey is a 132-foot luxury liveaboard based in Truk. Taking 16 passengers, this is a great dive boat with first-rate accommodations, an excellent crew and a splendid destination.

The stylish and roomy dining salon has attractive Fijian teak tables and two walls of windows for viewing the scenery. Delicious and generous buffet-style meals feature hot breakfasts with fresh juices, lunches ranging from beach barbecues to light lunches onboard, and savory and hearty dinners. Indulgent desserts top the dinner selection. Snacks are available throughout the day, and the full-service wet bar serves everyone’s favorite drinks.

The separate entertainment lounge is very comfortable and features a television with a VCR, a CD stereo system, a DVD player and a library including more than 300 movie titles to choose from. There is also a library of fish ID books, a large slide table, weel-stocked fridge, board games and cards.

Sun worshippers will like the sun deck with lounge chairs, and if you prefer shade, there’s plenty of room underneath the covered section of the deck.

The Odyssey offers nine large, luxurious staterooms all fully carpeted with private air conditioning controls, windows or large portholes, and private toilet, shower and sink all in every stateroom. Six of the staterooms are equipped to easily accommodate two single travelers in twin beds or a couple in a spacious king size bed. Also available are two staterooms for single travelers only – they have all the features of the double staterooms and easily accommodate the single traveler in a twin bed. The ninth stateroom’s sleeping arrangements are a bunk bed with a double bed below and twin above. All staterooms have a DVD player with 13" monitor.

Dive with Odyssey Adventures to see the ghost fleet of Truk Lagoon, the world’s best shipwreck destination. That’s only the beginning of your adventure. We’ll take you to the outer reefs to see a pristine underwater utopia where over 300 varieties of soft and hard corals flaunt their rainbow colors. You’ll see an abundance of incredible tropical fish, anemones, gorgonians, eagle rays and even frenzied shark feedings.

You'll have the option to dive at your leisure, or borrow one of our experienced local dive guides who will show you all those places you wouldn't find on your own.

The best part about diving aboard Odyssey is that we don't require everyone to dive at the same time. So it is not unusual for you and your buddy to be the only divers on a 500' wreck.

For photographers, this offers more opportunities to shoot those popular scenes without having to wait for others to move out of the way.

The dive deck includes personal dive lockers, 2 gear rinse tanks, freshwater shower and warm deck towels. Nitrox and technical diving are available.

For photographers there is a large, sturdy, 3-tiered, carpeted photo table for all your working needs, 2 camera rinse tanks, a large slide table, battery charging station and photo and video courses available.

Russ Sanoian is the product manager at Backscatter and a freelance underwater and nature videographer based in Monterey, California. Russ will be offering personalized pre-trip consultations and on-site assistance for this unique adventure.

Russ has been diving closed circuit rebreathers and underwater scooters for the last 10 years and entered the industry as a lead technical sales person with Light & Motion. Russ joined Backscatter as product manager where he constantly evaluates the latest camera technology and blends imaging techniques with the art of technical diving. Russ is well known in the diving industry as a great educator and mentor of new photographers and technical divers.

Russ’s film credits include PBS expeditions to the Andrea Doria, shipwrecks of the Great Lakes, BBC films in Monterey and several projects in the cenotes of Mexico and freshwater caves in Florida.