Diving the SS President Coolidge
In January, 2017, my wife and I dove one of the worlds best, and most accessible wrecks, the luxury passenger ship, turned WW2 troop transport, SS President Coolidge. We dove with Allan Power Dive Tours and had an excellent experience!
SS President Coolidge - Vanuatu by Go Dive Tasmania
This was our entry for the Tasmanian Combined Clubs Weekend 2016. It is a video of the SS President Coolidge in Santo, Vanuatu. The video was taken from one of our club diving trips. The dives were done with Allan Power Dive Tours, with a big thumbs up to them! Their crew were amazing, we felt safe and were able to fully enjoy our dives.
We can't wait to come back soon and see this amazing ship again!
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Diving, Scuba, Dive, Vanuatu, Coolidge, SS President Coolidge, Scuba Vanuatu, Ship, Ship Wreck, Wreck Diving, Allan Power, Santo, Deco Lodge
Dive SS President Coolidge - Vanuatu, Santo 2008
Dive SS President Coolidge - Vanuatu, Santo 2008. Scuba Dive in Santo, Vanuatu. Deco Stop Lodge and Allan Power Dive
Diving the SS President Coolidge - lovetrotters.net
With Allan Power Dive Tours in Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu
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DIVING THE LADY - SS PRESIDENT COOLIDGE - ESPIRITU SANTO
This is one of the classic dives on the Coolidge, the Lady sitting at around 45 meters depth has long fascinated divers from around the globe.
There are many ways to get there and back, on this particular dive Henry form Santo Island Dive and Fishing takes Jess Charlton on a very atmospheric cruise through C deck and cargo holds one and two.
This was the very first proper penetration dive for Jess who had done her open water course with Santo Dive just two weeks before.
Thanks to Air Vanuatu, Panasonic, Aore Island Resort. Santo Island Dive and Fishing.
Music by STELLARDRONE.
SS President Coolidge dive
Dived the Coolidge with Allan Power dive Santo. What an Awesome dive! Had a great time.
Info on Vanuatu is a little hard to work out. I dived with Allan Power. He has no boat, but owns the land just next to the Coolidge (I think). This means his overheads are way lower than other operators. All he does is the Coolidge and Million dollar point. But he does them really well. He dives at 9am and 2pm If you are staying on Aore Island, you can easily catch the 8am boat to the BP wharf and be picked up from there. You will be back in time for the 11:30 boat. Just call and email the day prior. You will want to do more than one dive on the Coolidge. The first dive is usually called an orientation dive. In reality they are checking out how you dive prior to going deep inside a ship at 40+ meters.
This is a link to his web site.
This web site has lots of dive info
It is really worth reading about the Coolidge before you see it.
AOB Dives SS President Coolidge
While in Vanuatu recently I had the pleasure of diving the WWII wreck SS President Coolidge. She sank in 1942 after hitting mines laid by it's own navy. She sits in between 20 metres at the bow and 70 metres at the stern. As an aside there were only 2 casualties. The remains of the one unaccounted for was not found till 2013 and retrieved in 2014.
SS President Coolidge - A Dive to the Crows Nest - PART 5
A dive to the Crows Nest can keep you easily occupied - however it easy to turn this dive into a deep decompression dive if you are good on your air consumption.
A special THANKS to Allan Power Dive Tours for showing us the best diving in Vanuatu.
Dive Alan Power & President Coolidge
Allan Power has a vast knowledge of the President Coolidge; he is the man they call 'Mr President'. Nearly 40 years ago, Allan came to Santo on a salvage expedition and has remained to become the 'caretaker' of this magnificent underwater adventure.
With over 15,000 dives on the wreck his knowledge is arguably unrivaled. He has spent a total bottom time of more than one and a half years diving her and has taken over 20,000 divers to visit the Lady alone as well as frequently guiding divers to other parts of the ship. His connection with the phenominal Boris is unmatched and only Allan could charm this monster Cod- many have tried, without success - and to this day Allan quite misses Boris. We dived with Allan Power during Our visit to Santo in 2015 and had some awesome dives on the wreck.
SS President Coolidge
May 17, 2017
I went for a dive with Allen Power Dive Tours, we went down to kiss The Lady
Vanuatu - Espiritu Santo island - part 1
Highlights of tourism on Espiritu Santo island in the Northern province of SANMA in Vanuatu.
Thanks to Paul Nillesen & Alan Power Dive Center for underwater additional footage.
Vanuatu Espiritu Santo Island - part 1 (including SS Coolidge)
Highlights of tourism on Espiritu Santo Island in the Northern province of SANMA in Vanuatu.
Thanks to Paul Nillesen & Alan Power Dive Center for underwater additional footage.
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Scuba Shack Toukley Travels to Santo Vanuatu to dive with Allen Power on the Coolidge
President Coolidge 4th dive Santo Vanuatu 08 2011
Vanuatu, Espiritu Santo 4th dive on SS President Coolidge
SS President Coolidge - Santo, Vanuatu 1994
Diving the SS President Coolidge, Santo Vanuatu 1994
Video by Neville Grovermann
Edit by Joel Pringle
Lionel walking on his hands in Vanuatu
Lionel is a Divemaster in Vanuatu. He works for Allan Power Dive Tours diving the Coolidge. When he's not taking people on one of the world's best wreck dives he's entertaining them in other ways like this.
Wreck Diving - Show Reel
Wreck Diving on the ex-SS President Coolidge
This show reel show the interior tour of a large ship wreck.
Wreck interiors are always dark and can be dangerous places due to sharp edges from the corrosion of the super structure, entanglements from wiring, cables and old fishing nets and also dis-orientation in the seeming maze of doors, windows, floors and ceilings.
With expert guidance from Alfred of Allan Power Diver Tours a small group of divers embark upon the mystery tour to penetrate the darkness, discover the treasures of this sunken vessel and see the interior of a grand ship from new angles.
Minimal lighting was used to enhance the sense of mystery and perhaps some suspense of lurking danger.
Take a look inside with us...
The SS President Coolidge Documentary (Excerpt)
Here is a small scene from the documentary The Wreck of the SS President Coolidge depicting some of the events leading up to her sinking in the waters of Vanuatu in WWII.
Please Visit WWW.EVOLUTIONUNDERWATER.COM for more details on the film and to purchase your DVD today.
Stern Dive President Coolidge Vanuatu
Great deep dive on a wonderful wreck. A bit of cleaning by Peter helped to make the COOLIDGE stern lettering a bit cleaner but will need further work!
Anchor Inn, Port Villa Vanuatu
Carnival Legend Cruise (Dec 1-12, 2015) - this local singer had talent!