People ask us to recover and assist with all sorts of interesting things. We can certainly help, or do our best to help and have gained quite a reputation for finding items lost overboard. It is critical that you start with accurate information of exactly where you lost the item, how long ago it happened and provide an accurate description of where we are should look. Contact us immediately, as the sooner you contact us, the sooner we can take action. With the odds stacked in the right way, more than likely the search and recovery will be a success.
Ocean currents, fast flowing water, waves and tidal movements are all big factors. So far, we have about an 80% hit rate. The rare instances where we did not salvage items were due to large waves and too much time after the event.
Items successfully recovered in recent years:
iPhone in a waterfall pool (On a 6m deep ledge)
A drone lost during filming of a television show (12m at sea)
A watch lost in the Leopard Falls in the Baviaans (Massive hike and mission with full dive gear, 9m)
A watch out of Jan se gat (14m)
A watch in Royal Alfred Marina, Port Alfred (3m)
iPhone in the Kromme River (2m)
iPhone lost overboard in Marina Martinique (1.5m)
Anchor and chain (30m at sea)
missing pipelines, pipeline inlets (various depths, zero visibility farms dams, golf courses etc.)