What a dive!

Tour guides take you into the briny blue to explore sunken wreckage off Oahu

By Cheryl Chee Tsutsumi

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Nov 20, 2011

~~<p>Nick Fidelibus likens wreck diving to a treasure hunt. "It's thrilling, it's fascinating, it's mysterious," he said. "Seeing a plane or ship underwater makes you want to learn more about it. Who owned it? What was it used for? How did it sink? Your imagination runs wild."</p>
<p>Fidelibus and his brother Chris own Waikiki Diving Center, which has been providing scuba diving charters and services since 1979. The company operates two Coast Guard-certified dive boats. Twenty-five-foot Submariner, which accommodates 12 divers, departs from Maunalua Bay in southeastern Oahu. Moored at Kewalo Basin, 39-foot Snoopy V has been cleared to transport up to 28 passengers.</p>
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Nick Fidelibus likens wreck diving to a treasure hunt. "It's thrilling, it's fascinating, it's mysterious," he said. "Seeing a plane or ship underwater makes you want to learn more about it. Who owned it? What was it used for? How did it sink? Your imagination runs wild."

Fidelibus and his brother Chris own Waikiki Diving Center, which has been providing scuba diving charters and services since 1979. The company operates two Coast Guard-certified dive boats. Twenty-five-foot Submariner, which accommodates 12 divers, departs from Maunalua Bay in southeastern Oahu. Moored at Kewalo Basin, 39-foot Snoopy V has been cleared to transport up to 28 passengers. Login for more...