Meet me at the DiveExpo in Belgium. I will speak on Sunday at 10:00 When: December 7 & 8 2024 Where: Antwerpen, Antwerp Expo, Jan Van Rijswijcklaan 191
We identified a German paddle steamer in the Baltic Sea! In August 2024, our diving expedition in the Baltic Sea led to the identification of a previously unknown paddle steamer wreck. Through careful measurements and digital reconstruction by photogrammetry, we identified the ship as Express I, a sternwheel paddle steamer built in Bremen in 1911 … Continue reading Identification of a paddle steamer!→
We were invited to the vernissage in Pula (Croatia). There is now a permanent exhibition there about the passenger steamer BARON GAUTSCH, which sank in 1914. The model of the undamaged ship and the wreck can now be viewed at the same time.Christian Harzhauser and I dived the wreck last year and I digitized it. … Continue reading New Baron Gautsch Exhibition→
This year I was finally able to accompany Ingo Oppelt and Reinhard Öser on their tour to the Baltic Sea. I had been trying to get one of the prestigious seats on board for years and now it finally worked. We started our week-long diving expedition on the tall ship Ryvar in Rostock. In total … Continue reading Baltic Sea 2024→
She was on my ‘Bucket List’, since we dived her in 2018. Not far from the Thistlegorm, but at least as beautiful. I never in my life thought we would come back six years later to digitize her! This is a dive for experienced divers. If you are on a liveaboard nearby and have inexperienced … Continue reading Rosalie Moller!→
My wife an I joined one trip of the Red Sea Wreck Academy in the Red Sea with Peter Collings (https://www.deeplens.com/). We did 23 different wrecks in the north and Sues Channel that are rarely dived. We avoided the crowded places and were always the only livaboard at the diving spot. We went with the … Continue reading Red Sea Wreck Academy→
My buddy and I traveled to Rovinj in Coratia for wreck diving. We were invited from Marko from http://theolddiver.com/ to dive and scan all the famous diving spots of that area. You can find my 3D-Models here: Croatia The Old Diver …no, it is not Marko that is meant by “the old diver”. It’s just … Continue reading Rovinj→
Opening of the exhibition “Examples of best practices in the conservation of underwater cultural heritage” in Zadar (Croatia). The aim of this exhibition is to present UNESCO examples of good practices in underwater cultural heritage from Spain, Italy, France, Portugal, Mexico and Croatia, replicas of the most interesting finds from Spain and Croatia and video … Continue reading UNESCO examples→
I am proud that two of my Italian models are shown at the Science festival in Rome. I’ve built bigger models of Pasubio and Bettolina for this Exhibition. It took 180 hours printing time for twelve pieces. The level of details is amazing. You can even see the steering chain that goes from the bridge … Continue reading Science festival in Rome→
I’ve developed and built a measurement station to measure the water temperatures of the lake Kreidesee Hemmoor. It measures in different depths up to 50m. You can find the measurement-page with live-data here: tms.dive3d.eu And my 3D-models of the UW-objects here: Hemmoor Temperature vs depth You can find some history data and graphs here: Link The electronic … Continue reading Temperature Measurement System (TMS)→
I am very honored that my Red Sea models will now be exhibited in the famous Great Library in Alexandria, Egypt. Yesterday Dr. Emad Kahli, Dr. Marwa Elmakil and I opened the exhibition with two lectures on underwater archeology and photogrammetry.You can find my Egypt models here: Link Dr. Emad Khalil:” Today we had a … Continue reading Exhibition in Egypt→
I am honored to be our radio station’s Person of the Week –> “Mensch der Woche” In two short interviews I was talking a bit about wreck identification, 3D-Models and my job in real life. It was fun and I am pleased that I was chosen for this unusual honor.
We had a great few weeks in Greece and we scanned a lot of wrecks. But this wreck was our personal highlight: The Burdigala ex. fast steamer Kaiser Friedrich. It is 74m deep and 200m long. It’s a miracle that I managed to scan the wreck completely and without any failures. The model turned out … Continue reading Scanning the famous Burdigala→
The paddle steamer Patris in Greece was built before screw steam machines were invented. It had two paddle wheels and sails. On February 23, 1868, and with 400 guests on board, the ship hit the Koundoudos reef near Kea and sank. We scanned the wrack and the entire reef in September 2023. The scanned area … Continue reading Paddle steamer Patris→
I was in the Maritime Museum Rostock to hold a presentation about wreck identification and 3D modeling. There I handed the model of PASUBIO over to the head of the museum: Kathrin Möller. The steamer PASUBIO was built in 1903 as MIMI HORN by the Neptun Werft in Rostock – so, the model found its … Continue reading Museum Rostock→
My wife and I were invited by Roberta and Francesco from Megalehellas. We met at the BOOT in Düsseldorf and we went to Calabria (Italy) to scan two wrecks and the famous Scilla rock. The wrecks are from World War 2: the Steamer Pasubio and a wreck that is not identified, yet. Looks like it … Continue reading Scanning in Italy→
My big model of the BARON GAUTSCH found its perfect place: in the GALLERION exhibition in the Aquarium Pula / Croatia. They have an extensive exhibition of ship models from the First World War and before. The BARON GAUTSCH hit a mine off Pula in 1914 and is now a famous diving spot with 8,000 … Continue reading Museum Croatia→
Yay, I’m nominated for the BOOT – dive award !… please vote for me –> very easily and quickly –> without registering: link Category: Innovation 👉Dive3D👈 Quote: “[…] While underwater photos are widely used today, the ability to create your own 3D model of a wreck sets new standards. This work not only serves as … Continue reading Dive award nomination→
Four weeks wreck scanning in Greece – what a fantastic trip! We managed it to scan 16 various wrecks. Some well known and some mysterious. It will take a while to process all the 3D-Models and I will post them here: Greece Kostafastgarnix – team We were a great team and we had really a … Continue reading Scanning in Greece→
Dive-Sticker.com made a new Red Sea logbook sticker set with 288 stickers. And I am very happy, that my wreck models found their way into the collection! This set includes stickers with: fish, coral, plant, wrecks – all images were taken in the Red Sea. You can preorder your set here and they will be … Continue reading Dive Sticker→
We scanned the wreck of the light cruiser Cesare Rossarol (1914-1918) of the Italian Navy. The conditions were rough – bad visibility, waves and current. But I was able to capture both parts of the wreck in two dives. They lie in 50m water depth in Croatia and are 300m apart. Continue here: Cesare Rossarol
We spontaneously set out to scan the TITANC of the Adriatic: The BARON GAUTSCH. She was the first casualty of World War I. Today she rests in 40m water depth and is a famous diving spot. We had a great support by the Shark Diving Center Medulin and Rovinj Sub. Continue here: BARON GAUTSCH
Opening of the new permanent exhibition in the Rostock Maritime Museum (Schifffahrtsmuseum Rostock) . My model of the wreck of the steamer ELSA found its way there. My team Gezeitentaucher and I identified and modeled the wreck in the North Sea.
It was time again for the GEZEITENTAUCHER to inspect the coastal freighter Änne Ursula. With a crew of four divers (Ulli, Dirk H, Wilhelm and Holger) and skipper Sabine we had fantastic conditions. We managed to scan the wreck with cameras to create a 3D model. On December 4, 1967, the motor ship “Änne Ursula” … Continue reading MS Aenne Ursula→
The fishing vessel “FV Mohamed Hasabella” or “MOHAMMED HISABELLA” in 30m water depth. A traditional Egyptianfishing trawler, which sank in January of 2007. We dived and scanned both wrecks on July 19th 2022 during one dive.
My teams GEZEITENTAUCHER and GHOSTDIVING GERMANY worked together in a project week in May 2023. The divers from Ghostdiving were cleaning the wrack of V1101 from ghost nets. And I was able to make a full scan of the wreck for photogrammetry. continue here: V1101 Cutting one ghost net on V1101 The picture shows her … Continue reading Vorpostenboot 1101→
Iron shipwreck 20km west of Fehmarn. It lies in 18m water depth. On April 3, 2023, our team of three divers surveyed the wreck by scanning it with cameras for photogrammetry. In addition, the wreck area was measured using a tape measure. You can find the complete survey report here: German Both the position, its … Continue reading Torpedoboot SMS S-32→
We were on the BOOT show in Düsseldorf / Germany. Some of my models were shown and I held some presentations about wreck identification and photogrammetry.
19m (63ft) unter sea level – probably the deepest mailbox in the world. The diving center Kreidesee offers to send postcards, which can be sent from this mailbox. For this purpose, waterproof postcards can be purchased in the diving center. The mailbox is emptied weekly and the cards are stamped and sent. Build your own … Continue reading Deepest mailbox of the world→
I used the opportunity in Egypt to capture the missing areas of the Thistlegorm wreck. The starboard locomotive was missing as well as the bow area and the sandy bottom. We spent one whole day at that wreck and I made three dives there to scan these areas. Visit my page of the Thistlegorm here … Continue reading Thistlegorm V2→
I captured one cargo hold of the Thistlegorm. It contains trucks, motorcycles, guns, airplane wings, etc… She is full of equipment for the war during WW2. You can find the complete ship here: Thistlegorm 3D at Sketchfab 3D-Print You can download the STL-File here
The ship was built 1871 in Sunderland. It had sails and a steam machine. A spare propeller lies on the deck. 78m x 10m Cargo: CoalHit the reef Shag Rock in the red sea in 1881.I scanned the wreck on Nov 15th 2022 during one dive.
The German TV station NDR filmed my work. We shot in my workshop and in the museum WINDSTÄRKE 10 (Cuxhaven). The museum has recently exhibited one of my models – the Escort vessel V812. During the takes, I scanned the conning tower of Submarine HMS E24, that is exhibited in the ‘wreck section’ of the … Continue reading TV Shootings NDR→
The museum WINDSTÄRKE 10 (Cuxhaven) added one of my models to the exhibition: Escort vessel V812. This wreck was identified by me and my team Gezeitentaucher in 2019. You can find more ‘making of’ here. Making of
I am proud to tell that we can exhibit models, pictures, paintings and stories about two wrecks in the maritime museum of Klaipėda / Lithuania. We from the BalticSeaHeritageRescueProject worked on the creation of the exhibits for about three years. About 500.000 visitors will see this exhibition during the next 12 month. In fact, these … Continue reading Exhibition in Lithuanian Museum→
There was a conference about the stories of Baltic Sea at the maritime museum of Klaipeda. I spoke about “Wreck identification and photogrammetry”. You can find all presentations of the conference here and here
We “Gezeitentaucher” (tide divers) finally got our new boat. We made our first trip to the escort vessel “Vorpostenboot V810”, that sank July 1944 after air raid attack. More here
We just finished the project week: “Wrecks – Identification, documentation and 3D” of the Baltic Sea Heritage Rescue Project BSHRP. Together with captain Linas and his diving ship NZ55, we dived seven days in the Baltic Sea. We dived and scanned some new exciting wrecks. On an international conference in September we will present some … Continue reading Klaipeda 2022→
Elmar invited to the opening of the Grossensee exhibition in the museum www.museum-hoisdorf.de They are showing my collection of these models: Grossensee Numerous visitors visited the special exhibition “Wrecks in the Grossensee” in the village museum on Saturday. For 2.5 years, a volunteer conservationist had been carrying out underwater archaeological investigations in the Großesee for … Continue reading Vernissage Grossensee→
In July my wife and I scanned the famous Salem Express. 1991 the ferry struck a reef in the Red Sea. The accident happened at night and the ferry sank very quickly. Only 200 people were able to save themselves. Officially, there was talk of around 700 victims, probably significantly more. The wreck has been … Continue reading Scanning the Salem Express→
Some models cannot be colored with simple brushes. So, I decided to try airbrush. I attended an airbrush taster course and am amazed at what is possible with this technique. For sure I will use this in addition to my normal brush painting. I was at the professional airbrush artist Roland Kuck
We went to Egypt – again. This time just for holiday with the family. Anyway, we took the opportunity to dive and scan some wrecks there. We went to the hotel Jaz Makadina at Makadi Bay. It is close to Hurghada and has a diving base of Scubaworld. We met the the manager Herbert there … Continue reading Hurghada→
I am proud to announce that the international magazine DIVE issue # 27 has covered our 3D liveaboard project in the Red Sea. As you know my wife and me scanned 8 1/2 wrecks in fife days. Including the famous wrecks of Thistlegorm, Giannis D, Chrisoula K, Carnatic, Ulysses, Kimon M, … You can find … Continue reading DIVE Magazine→
3D models of wrecks! 
Meet me at the DiveExpo in Belgium. I will speak on Sunday at 10:00 When: December 7 & 8 2024 Where: Antwerpen, Antwerp Expo, Jan Van Rijswijcklaan 191
We identified a German paddle steamer in the Baltic Sea! In August 2024, our diving expedition in the Baltic Sea led to the identification of a previously unknown paddle steamer wreck. Through careful measurements and digital reconstruction by photogrammetry, we identified the ship as Express I, a sternwheel paddle steamer built in Bremen in 1911 … Continue reading Identification of a paddle steamer!
We were invited to the vernissage in Pula (Croatia). There is now a permanent exhibition there about the passenger steamer BARON GAUTSCH, which sank in 1914. The model of the undamaged ship and the wreck can now be viewed at the same time.Christian Harzhauser and I dived the wreck last year and I digitized it. … Continue reading New Baron Gautsch Exhibition
This year I was finally able to accompany Ingo Oppelt and Reinhard Öser on their tour to the Baltic Sea. I had been trying to get one of the prestigious seats on board for years and now it finally worked. We started our week-long diving expedition on the tall ship Ryvar in Rostock. In total … Continue reading Baltic Sea 2024
She was on my ‘Bucket List’, since we dived her in 2018. Not far from the Thistlegorm, but at least as beautiful. I never in my life thought we would come back six years later to digitize her! This is a dive for experienced divers. If you are on a liveaboard nearby and have inexperienced … Continue reading Rosalie Moller!
My wife an I joined one trip of the Red Sea Wreck Academy in the Red Sea with Peter Collings (https://www.deeplens.com/). We did 23 different wrecks in the north and Sues Channel that are rarely dived. We avoided the crowded places and were always the only livaboard at the diving spot. We went with the … Continue reading Red Sea Wreck Academy
My buddy and I traveled to Rovinj in Coratia for wreck diving. We were invited from Marko from http://theolddiver.com/ to dive and scan all the famous diving spots of that area. You can find my 3D-Models here: Croatia The Old Diver …no, it is not Marko that is meant by “the old diver”. It’s just … Continue reading Rovinj
Opening of the exhibition “Examples of best practices in the conservation of underwater cultural heritage” in Zadar (Croatia). The aim of this exhibition is to present UNESCO examples of good practices in underwater cultural heritage from Spain, Italy, France, Portugal, Mexico and Croatia, replicas of the most interesting finds from Spain and Croatia and video … Continue reading UNESCO examples
I am proud that two of my Italian models are shown at the Science festival in Rome. I’ve built bigger models of Pasubio and Bettolina for this Exhibition. It took 180 hours printing time for twelve pieces. The level of details is amazing. You can even see the steering chain that goes from the bridge … Continue reading Science festival in Rome
I’ve developed and built a measurement station to measure the water temperatures of the lake Kreidesee Hemmoor. It measures in different depths up to 50m. You can find the measurement-page with live-data here: tms.dive3d.eu And my 3D-models of the UW-objects here: Hemmoor Temperature vs depth You can find some history data and graphs here: Link The electronic … Continue reading Temperature Measurement System (TMS)
I am very honored that my Red Sea models will now be exhibited in the famous Great Library in Alexandria, Egypt. Yesterday Dr. Emad Kahli, Dr. Marwa Elmakil and I opened the exhibition with two lectures on underwater archeology and photogrammetry.You can find my Egypt models here: Link Dr. Emad Khalil:” Today we had a … Continue reading Exhibition in Egypt
I am honored to be our radio station’s Person of the Week –> “Mensch der Woche” In two short interviews I was talking a bit about wreck identification, 3D-Models and my job in real life. It was fun and I am pleased that I was chosen for this unusual honor.
We had a great few weeks in Greece and we scanned a lot of wrecks. But this wreck was our personal highlight: The Burdigala ex. fast steamer Kaiser Friedrich. It is 74m deep and 200m long. It’s a miracle that I managed to scan the wreck completely and without any failures. The model turned out … Continue reading Scanning the famous Burdigala
The paddle steamer Patris in Greece was built before screw steam machines were invented. It had two paddle wheels and sails. On February 23, 1868, and with 400 guests on board, the ship hit the Koundoudos reef near Kea and sank. We scanned the wrack and the entire reef in September 2023. The scanned area … Continue reading Paddle steamer Patris
I was in the Maritime Museum Rostock to hold a presentation about wreck identification and 3D modeling. There I handed the model of PASUBIO over to the head of the museum: Kathrin Möller. The steamer PASUBIO was built in 1903 as MIMI HORN by the Neptun Werft in Rostock – so, the model found its … Continue reading Museum Rostock
My wife and I were invited by Roberta and Francesco from Megalehellas. We met at the BOOT in Düsseldorf and we went to Calabria (Italy) to scan two wrecks and the famous Scilla rock. The wrecks are from World War 2: the Steamer Pasubio and a wreck that is not identified, yet. Looks like it … Continue reading Scanning in Italy
My big model of the BARON GAUTSCH found its perfect place: in the GALLERION exhibition in the Aquarium Pula / Croatia. They have an extensive exhibition of ship models from the First World War and before. The BARON GAUTSCH hit a mine off Pula in 1914 and is now a famous diving spot with 8,000 … Continue reading Museum Croatia
Yay, I’m nominated for the BOOT – dive award !… please vote for me –> very easily and quickly –> without registering: link Category: Innovation 👉Dive3D👈 Quote: “[…] While underwater photos are widely used today, the ability to create your own 3D model of a wreck sets new standards. This work not only serves as … Continue reading Dive award nomination
Four weeks wreck scanning in Greece – what a fantastic trip! We managed it to scan 16 various wrecks. Some well known and some mysterious. It will take a while to process all the 3D-Models and I will post them here: Greece Kostafastgarnix – team We were a great team and we had really a … Continue reading Scanning in Greece
Dive-Sticker.com made a new Red Sea logbook sticker set with 288 stickers. And I am very happy, that my wreck models found their way into the collection! This set includes stickers with: fish, coral, plant, wrecks – all images were taken in the Red Sea. You can preorder your set here and they will be … Continue reading Dive Sticker
We scanned the wreck of the light cruiser Cesare Rossarol (1914-1918) of the Italian Navy. The conditions were rough – bad visibility, waves and current. But I was able to capture both parts of the wreck in two dives. They lie in 50m water depth in Croatia and are 300m apart. Continue here: Cesare Rossarol
We spontaneously set out to scan the TITANC of the Adriatic: The BARON GAUTSCH. She was the first casualty of World War I. Today she rests in 40m water depth and is a famous diving spot. We had a great support by the Shark Diving Center Medulin and Rovinj Sub. Continue here: BARON GAUTSCH
Opening of the new permanent exhibition in the Rostock Maritime Museum (Schifffahrtsmuseum Rostock) . My model of the wreck of the steamer ELSA found its way there. My team Gezeitentaucher and I identified and modeled the wreck in the North Sea.
It was time again for the GEZEITENTAUCHER to inspect the coastal freighter Änne Ursula. With a crew of four divers (Ulli, Dirk H, Wilhelm and Holger) and skipper Sabine we had fantastic conditions. We managed to scan the wreck with cameras to create a 3D model. On December 4, 1967, the motor ship “Änne Ursula” … Continue reading MS Aenne Ursula
The fishing vessel “FV Mohamed Hasabella” or “MOHAMMED HISABELLA” in 30m water depth. A traditional Egyptianfishing trawler, which sank in January of 2007. We dived and scanned both wrecks on July 19th 2022 during one dive.
My teams GEZEITENTAUCHER and GHOSTDIVING GERMANY worked together in a project week in May 2023. The divers from Ghostdiving were cleaning the wrack of V1101 from ghost nets. And I was able to make a full scan of the wreck for photogrammetry. continue here: V1101 Cutting one ghost net on V1101 The picture shows her … Continue reading Vorpostenboot 1101
Iron shipwreck 20km west of Fehmarn. It lies in 18m water depth. On April 3, 2023, our team of three divers surveyed the wreck by scanning it with cameras for photogrammetry. In addition, the wreck area was measured using a tape measure. You can find the complete survey report here: German Both the position, its … Continue reading Torpedoboot SMS S-32
Scanning without getting wet? Sounds crazy, but is possible!You can find my collection here: Art
We were on the BOOT show in Düsseldorf / Germany. Some of my models were shown and I held some presentations about wreck identification and photogrammetry.
19m (63ft) unter sea level – probably the deepest mailbox in the world. The diving center Kreidesee offers to send postcards, which can be sent from this mailbox. For this purpose, waterproof postcards can be purchased in the diving center. The mailbox is emptied weekly and the cards are stamped and sent. Build your own … Continue reading Deepest mailbox of the world
I used the opportunity in Egypt to capture the missing areas of the Thistlegorm wreck. The starboard locomotive was missing as well as the bow area and the sandy bottom. We spent one whole day at that wreck and I made three dives there to scan these areas. Visit my page of the Thistlegorm here … Continue reading Thistlegorm V2
I captured one cargo hold of the Thistlegorm. It contains trucks, motorcycles, guns, airplane wings, etc… She is full of equipment for the war during WW2. You can find the complete ship here: Thistlegorm 3D at Sketchfab 3D-Print You can download the STL-File here
The ship was built 1871 in Sunderland. It had sails and a steam machine. A spare propeller lies on the deck. 78m x 10m Cargo: CoalHit the reef Shag Rock in the red sea in 1881.I scanned the wreck on Nov 15th 2022 during one dive.
The German TV station NDR made a small report about my work. It was sent Nov. 7th 2022. You can see the video here: Mediathek
The German TV station NDR filmed my work. We shot in my workshop and in the museum WINDSTÄRKE 10 (Cuxhaven). The museum has recently exhibited one of my models – the Escort vessel V812. During the takes, I scanned the conning tower of Submarine HMS E24, that is exhibited in the ‘wreck section’ of the … Continue reading TV Shootings NDR
The museum WINDSTÄRKE 10 (Cuxhaven) added one of my models to the exhibition: Escort vessel V812. This wreck was identified by me and my team Gezeitentaucher in 2019. You can find more ‘making of’ here. Making of
I am proud to tell that we can exhibit models, pictures, paintings and stories about two wrecks in the maritime museum of Klaipėda / Lithuania. We from the BalticSeaHeritageRescueProject worked on the creation of the exhibits for about three years. About 500.000 visitors will see this exhibition during the next 12 month. In fact, these … Continue reading Exhibition in Lithuanian Museum
There was a conference about the stories of Baltic Sea at the maritime museum of Klaipeda. I spoke about “Wreck identification and photogrammetry”. You can find all presentations of the conference here and here
We “Gezeitentaucher” (tide divers) finally got our new boat. We made our first trip to the escort vessel “Vorpostenboot V810”, that sank July 1944 after air raid attack. More here
We just finished the project week: “Wrecks – Identification, documentation and 3D” of the Baltic Sea Heritage Rescue Project BSHRP. Together with captain Linas and his diving ship NZ55, we dived seven days in the Baltic Sea. We dived and scanned some new exciting wrecks. On an international conference in September we will present some … Continue reading Klaipeda 2022
Elmar invited to the opening of the Grossensee exhibition in the museum www.museum-hoisdorf.de They are showing my collection of these models: Grossensee Numerous visitors visited the special exhibition “Wrecks in the Grossensee” in the village museum on Saturday. For 2.5 years, a volunteer conservationist had been carrying out underwater archaeological investigations in the Großesee for … Continue reading Vernissage Grossensee
In July my wife and I scanned the famous Salem Express. 1991 the ferry struck a reef in the Red Sea. The accident happened at night and the ferry sank very quickly. Only 200 people were able to save themselves. Officially, there was talk of around 700 victims, probably significantly more. The wreck has been … Continue reading Scanning the Salem Express
Some models cannot be colored with simple brushes. So, I decided to try airbrush. I attended an airbrush taster course and am amazed at what is possible with this technique. For sure I will use this in addition to my normal brush painting. I was at the professional airbrush artist Roland Kuck
We went to Egypt – again. This time just for holiday with the family. Anyway, we took the opportunity to dive and scan some wrecks there. We went to the hotel Jaz Makadina at Makadi Bay. It is close to Hurghada and has a diving base of Scubaworld. We met the the manager Herbert there … Continue reading Hurghada
I am proud to announce that the international magazine DIVE issue # 27 has covered our 3D liveaboard project in the Red Sea. As you know my wife and me scanned 8 1/2 wrecks in fife days. Including the famous wrecks of Thistlegorm, Giannis D, Chrisoula K, Carnatic, Ulysses, Kimon M, … You can find … Continue reading DIVE Magazine