The sister ship to the Undersea Hunter, the Sea Hunter was designed as a professional liveaboard dive cruiser with state-of-the-art facilities. It is a 115-foot steel scuba diving vessel that has been completely renovated and refurbished and offers 10-day adventures to Cocos Island, 300 miles off shore of Costa Rica`s Pacific coast and 13- to 15-day adventures take dive both Malpelo and Cocos Islands. Sea Hunter is a rare hybrid, combining the large working platform and powerful machinery of a functional work boat with the comfortable interior of a modern yacht.

Sea Hunter is complete air-conditioned, has carpeted decks and a beautiful and spacious wood-paneled lounge area with library, television, VCR and CD stereo system. There are eight cabins for total of 18 divers—three double staterooms with double beds and optional single berth and television with a VCR, three double cabins with upper and lower berths and two triple cabins. All the cabins have their own private facilities. There are two large camera workshops with ample individual storage and battery charging capacity, and E-6 processing. The well-designed diving deck area has individual gear storage facilities.

Have you ever wondered what lies within the dark Abyss? For years, venturing into the deep was reserved for a few privileged scientists and military personnel. We at Undersea Hunter are bound to extend the list of these fortunate few by offering to the world of adventure travelers a journey deep into the submerged realm where few have gone before.

DeepSee is a custom built one-atmosphere submarine, capable of carrying one pilot and two passengers down to a depth of 1,500 feet (475 m). It is the first deep submersible designed and developed from its keel up with the ocean enthusiast and underwater explorer in mind and as a dedicated filmmaking observation vehicle.

DeepSee was professionally built by SEAmagine USA to our exact specifications under the rigorous testing and classifications process of ABS (American Bureau of Shipping).

Unlike most other submersibles that require its support vessel to launch and retrieve the sub for each dive, DeepSee was designed to allow its passengers to safely and effortlessly board and disembark the sub while it is floating alongside the mother ship. No decompression required… it’s like moving from one dry, comfortable and safe space to another. Guests on board can combine their regular scuba dives with several 2 hour submersible dives.

DeepSee is equipped with a High Definition video camera, and an impressive array of HID lights, that will document all the DeepSee dives. Passengers can use their video or camera equipment from inside the acrylic sphere taking advantage of the sub’s powerful external lights. The perfectly clear 4 inches thick sphere literally disappears when submerged and offers the viewers an unparalleled and unobstructed 360’ view of the undersea world.

DeepSee has a dive autonomy of 6 hours at a speed of up to 1.7 knots. However, it can remain submerged and operational for as long as 72 hours with its onboard life support system reserve and back-up power supply. Constant surface-to-sub communication and accurate sub positioning is maintained, at all times, by the DeepSee pilot using state of the art electronics.

DeepSee is generally operated by Sea Hunter, but is available for use by Undersea Hunter divers when both vessels are at Cocos simultaneously. Please check with your agent for availability and schedules, and don`t miss out on this state-of-the-art opportunity.

Andrew Sallmon is a freelance underwater and nature photographer specializing in images of marine life and the marine environment. His love of the oceans came at age 5 when his father first swam him through the surf of coastal California. He took up Scuba diving in 1979 and became a Scuba Instructor by the end of 1980. It was the slower pace of observing and trying to approach marine life closely that helped him to see and understand the intricacies and miracles of the ocean ecosystem. As he learned to appreciate the living sea, his photographic skills also grew. Picking up his first underwater camera that same year he is now one of the fortunate few that earn a living as an underwater photographer. A native of California he spends much of his time diving and photographing the rich temperate waters of his home state but also travels abroad several months each year to create new images for his stock file.