ABOUT BARTEK
Bartek can’t decide if he’s more hooked on cave or wreck diving, so he has to split the time spent underwater to account for both environments. Being a representative of diving’s „new generation”, he pursues his dream of exploration deep inside European caves. Keen to travel off the beaten track, he focuses on less crowded caves of southern rather than western Europe.
Regarding wreck diving, Bartek is in love with the Baltic Sea. No matter if it’s a 16th century sailship or a World War Two juggernault – the mystery, human stories, well-preserved artifacts, difficult and varying conditions – it all makes each dive a unique and unforgettable experience.
BART'S EXPLORATIONS
February 2024: Sorgente dell’ Elefante Bianco – Twenty years after Gigi Casati’s groundbreaking exploration to -186m depth, with the support of Black Angel Divers team the cave was pushed another 150m, deepening it to -230m, and making it the deepest spring of Italy. The cave continues. Equipment: Dual Future DPV, ENC3 Navigation.
May 2024: Sintzi Spring (gr. Πηγη Σιντζι) – Exploration of two separate corridors that resulted in laying over 250 meters of new line, connecting two shafts into a loop at -160 meters depth, and deepening the cave to -240 meters from the previous limit of -180 meters (set in 2015). The cave continues. Equipment: 2 x Future DPV, ENC3 Navigation.
November 2024: Uranium Mine „Podgórze”, Kowary – First dives ever and video documentation on levels -150 and -230 meters underwater in a post-soviet uranium mine. Deepest dive conducted on Poland’s territory. Seacraft equipment used during the exploration: 2 x Future DPV, ENC3 Navigation.
3D underwater photogrammetry
In 2021 Bartek started creating ultra-detailed 3D photogrammetry scans and 3D prints of Baltic Sea wrecks. It soon turned out that adopting a DPV with a dedicated camera set mount is a necessity in order to be able to scan bigger and deeper wrecks in such demanding environment. Until now he has created over twenty scans of popular and less-known Baltic Sea wrecks on depths ranging to almost 100 meters, some of them in cooperation with Baltictech group and the National Maritime Museum in Gdańsk.
Thanks to his photogrammetry, two new German wrecks from the World War Two era were identified in the waters of Gdańsk Bay: a 19th century steam icebreaker „Konigsberg” and a Kriegsfischkutter-type boat.
SEACRAFT EQUIPMENT
Bart’s testimony about Seacraft products:
“I adore my Future 1000 DPV for the perfect blend of power and range, combined with the really light weight. Transporting the DPV in tough environments – caves and boats operating on the Baltic Sea – is no problem at all. The ENC3 navigation console allows me to create accurate plans, 3D projections and depth profiles of the caves, at depths exceeding 200 meters. For me, that’s a real game changer in deep caves’ explorations and the 21st century at its best. Where the depth exceeds Future’s rating, I use a Ghost or a dual Ghost setup. The power converter installed on DPV makes it almost impossible to run out of energy for heated undergarments, even on a 7 hour long decompression in 10 degrees water!” says Bartek.
