DIVE
INTO THE DEEP
Virgin Oceanic will expand the reach of human exploration on our planet.
/ Blog
2012 Nov 29
Whalefall
Skyfall by Bond. Whalefall by Virgin. A year ago, the day before Thanksgiving, we got a unusual call – could we help pull a dead 70′ Fin whale off the beach in San Diego, CA, and sink it off La Jolla in 900 meters of water? The task was large, first to pull the whale [...]
2012 Aug 29
Dive Testing Continues
/By Chris Welsh Over the summer, we’ve done a half dozen more test dives learning about the sub’s behavior. Things like locking in the buoyancy seem simple, but were vexing – we would have trouble initiating a descent, then in the same dive be heavy and have a challenge returning to the surface without dropping [...]
/ The Vehicles
Catamaran
The Virgin Oceanic 125' record-breaking ultra-catamaran is the home and mothership of the Virgin Oceanic sub.
Sub
The Virgin Oceanic submarine represents a transformational technological advance in submarine economics and performance.
/ The Mission
Virgin Oceanic is taking the next step in human exploration. This time, the voyage is to the last frontiers of our own Blue Planet: the very bottom of our seas.
