Field Trip to Erik's Work

We crashed a field trip today. Erik called and said a group was coming so we joined in!
Evan tries on an old style dive helmet and gets to talk on the coms.

We learned about the console. See the color coded red, green, and yellow gauges...they pertain to the hoses and hats (helmets) the divers wear so the supervisor and console operator know the air levels for each divers and the depths they are at.

This is the really old style dive equipment that is no longer used. In the photo over the kids is an aeriel view of Pearl Harbor and Ford Island celebrating 50 years of the navy in Hawaii. Also you can see the dive flags, when the two flags are being flown it means divers in the water.

Erik is showing Owen the hydraulic tools, the yellow locker behind Erik is full of them. Water comes out the end Erik is holding...

This is where the divers jam their tanks (put air into them), you can see the red, green, and yellow hoses on the floor.

This is really cool, this balloon is at 90' below the surface,

Here they are bringing the balloon back up to the surface and it fills back up with air.

Here Owen is working the ROV, it's a little robot that can pick things up.

We then walked over to see Erik's dive boat. This is the engine room.

This is the air the divers use when diving from the boat.

Here are the color coded hoses.

Erica is "driving" the boat. Behind her you can see where the divers get in and out of the water.

There were some SeaBee divers working on the pier.

You can see the dive boat pier side to the right of Evan's head...just another gorgeous day in HI.

This is Erik's office, the one with the port hole on the door.