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ABOUT US

THE SOCIETY FOR THE DOCUMENTATION OF SUBMERGED SITES

EXPLORATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF EXTRAORDINARY SUBMERGED SITES

SDSS is an international no profit organization founded in 1999 and based in Italy.
Our mission is the study, research, enhancement, dissemination and protection of the historical, cultural, biological and environmental submerged heritage.
 
Our main activity consists in the documentation, with different systems and methodologies of submerged sites such as historical wrecks,
archeological sites, peculiar underwater habitats and sites of concerns for environmental instability, in collaboration with researchers and institutions.

Our international teams of volunteers include highly skilled technical divers, documentarists
and explorers capable to safely and efficiently operate beyond the depth limits normally considered in scientific diving.

In the range between 50 and 150 meters under the sea surface, SDSS documentation capacities offers a unique opportunity to scientists and institution
to get detailed surveys and other scientific operations in this mostly unexplored underwater environment.

Documentation

Our mission is to document submerged sites of relevant historical, archaeological, biological and environmental value, making use of the most modern technologies.

Awareness

We aim at raising interest and passion for the underwater historical and biological heritage in the general public, making visible the spectacular underwater sites and telling their stories

Protection

We aim at protecting the underwater environments and the cultural and biological heritage hidden under the water surface

2024-2025
2024-2025
  • Battle of Convoys, Lampedusa– 16th–17th Campaigns
  • Egadi Archaeological Survey– 8th–9th Campaigns
  • Pantelleria Deep Archaeological Survey– 7th–8th Campaigns
  • B24 Vis Island Operation (Croatia)– 1st–2nd Campaigns
  • Ghost Net Removal Project– up to 3rd Campaign
  • New Projects Initiated:
    • Calabria Ionian Coast Shipwreck Documentation (1st Campaign)
    • Central Mediterranean Shark & Ray Population Study (1st Campaign)
    • Algeciras Shipwreck Survey
    • North Sardinia & Bonifacio Documentation (4th Campaign)
2023
2023
  • Battle of Convoys – 15th Campaign
  • Egadi Survey – 7th Campaign
  • Pantelleria Survey – 6th Campaign
  • Ghost Net Removal – 2nd Campaign (+ Blue Legacydocumentary)
  • B17 Palermo Operation – 2nd Campaign
  • B24 Vis Island Operation (launch)
  • Opening of Favignana Artifacts Stabilization Lab
2022
2022
  • Battle of Convoys – 14th Campaign
  • Egadi Survey – 6th Campaign
  • Pantelleria Survey – 5th Campaign
  • B17 Palermo Operation – 1st Campaign
  • Ghost Net Removal – 1st Campaign
2021
2021
  • Organization renamed to SDSS
  • Battle of Convoys – 13th Campaign
  • Egadi Survey – 5th Campaign
  • Pantelleria Survey – 4th Campaign
2019–2017
2019–2017
  • Battle of Convoys – 11th Campaign
  • Egadi Survey – 1st–3rd Campaigns
  • Aeolian Deep Survey – up to 5th Campaign
  • Battle of Lissa (1866) & Battle of Genoa (1795) naval archaeology projects
  • North Sardinia & Bonifacio – 3rd Campaign
2015–2014
2015–2014
  • Sardinia & Bonifacio Documentation – 1st–2nd Campaigns
  • Aeolian Deep Survey – 1st–2nd Campaigns
  • Battle of Convoys – 9th Campaign
2011–2005
2011–2005
  • Battle of Convoys – 1st–6th Campaigns
  • Pantelleria Survey – 2nd- 3rd Campaigns
  • Battle of Jutland Project (North Sea)
  • Battles of Narvik Expedition
  • Pantelleria expedition with SdM & GUE

 

2002–1999
2002–1999
  • 2002: Launch of Battle of Convoys Project
  • 2001: First Pantelleria archaeological campaign
  • 2000: Pag Island “Ghost Fleet” wrecks discovery and documentation
  • 1999: WDS founded+ Croatia wrecks discovery and documentation
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