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Wreck Dive SS Quartette, Pearl and Hermes Atoll, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
On December 21, 1952, the SS Quartette, a 422-foot-long (129 m) Liberty ship weighing 7,198 tons, struck the eastern reef of the atoll at a speed of 10.5 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph). The ship was driven further onto the reef by rough waves and 35 mph (56 km/h) winds, which collapsed the forward bow and damaged two forward holds. The crew was evacuated by the SS Frontenac Vic... -
Wreck Dive SS Sapona, Bimini Island, Bahamas
SS Sapona was a concrete-hulled cargo steamer that ran aground near Bimini during a hurricane in 1926. The wreck of the ship is easily visible above the water, and is both a navigational landmark for boaters and a popular dive site. Sapona was built by the Liberty Ship Building Company of Wilmington, North Carolina as part of a fleet of concrete ships authorized by Wo... -
Wreck Dive SS Stavronikita, Barbados
Barbados has one of the Caribbean's pre-eminent shipwrecks, the SS Stavronikita. The island's signature wreck is a 365-foot Greek freighter sitting in 70 to 140 feet of water. The freighter was deliberately sunk to form an artificial reef, this wreck is now home to numerous fish and corals. -
Wreck Dive SS Thistlegorm, Sharm-El-Sheikh, Egypt
In the early fifties Jacques-Yves Cousteau discovered her by using information from local fishermen. He raised several items from the wreck, including a motorcycle, the Captain’s safe, and the ship’s bell. The February 1956 edition of National Geographicclearly shows the ship’s bell in place and Cousteau's divers in the ship’s Lantern Room. Cou... -
Wreck Dive SS Wisconsin, Lake Michigan, Kenosha, Wisconsin
The Wisconsin was an iron-hulled package steamer built in 1881 that sank in 1929 in Lake Michigan off the coast of Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States. In 2009 the shipwreck site was added to the National Register of Historic Places. The wreck site is a popular location for historians, archaeologists and divers. It lies in 90 to 130 feet (27 to 40 m) of water, 6.5 ... -
Wreck Dive SS Yongala, Queensland, Australia
The most intact wreck in Australia, the Yongala sits in that diving haven: the Great Barrier Reef. The passenger ship sank off Cape Bowling Green, Queensland, Australia on 23 March 1911. En route from Melbourne to Cairns she steamed into a cyclone and sank south of Townsville. Traces of the ship were found days later as cargo and pieces of wreckage washed ashore at th... -
Wreck Dive St. Michael & #10 Tug Boats, Malta
St. Michael is one of the two small shallow wrecks at Zonqor Point in Marsaskala on the southeastern coast Malta. St. Michael was a former tugboat working in Grand Harbour of Valletta. She was purposely scuttled in May 1998 together with another tugboat, Number 10, to create an artificial reef and scuba diving site. -
Wreck Dive St. Peter Shipwreck, Lake Ontario, New York
St. Peteris a historic Great Lakes schooner that shipwrecked in Lake Ontario near Pultneyville in Wayne County, New York. She was built in 1873 and measured 135.7 ft (41.4 m) in length, 26.0 ft (7.9 m) in beam, and 12.1 ft (3.7 m) depth of hold. At the time of her sinking on October 27, 1898, her hold was filled with 607 short tons (551 tonnes) of "chestnut coal." It ... -
Dive or Snorkel Strea Shipwreck, Jan Thiel Bay, Curaçao
Inside the Jan Thiel Bay, lies the Strea, the wreck of a sailing boat which is a nice dive or snorkeling experience. -
Wreck Dive Superior Producer, Curaçao
The Superior Producer is a cargo freighter sunk in December of 1977 and is now sitting upright at a depth of 100ft/30m. Sport Diver Magazine rates the Superior Producer as one of the Caribbean's best wreck dives. It is available for diving only during cruise ship off-season. -
Wreck Dive Sweepstakes Schooner, Fathom Five National Marine Park, Canada
Sweepstakes (also known as Sweeps) was a Canadian schooner built in Burlington, Ontario in 1867. It was damaged off Cove Island then towed to Big Tub Harbour, where it sank in September 1885. The remains ofSweepstakeslie in Big Tub Harbour, located in the Fathom Five National Marine Park, in Tobermory, Ontario. This schooner is said to be one of the most popular wreck... -
Wreck Dive off Tangalooma, Queensland, Australia
Fifteen vessels have been deliberately sunk on the landward side of Moreton Island to form a breakwall for small boats and a wreck dive and snorkel site. The Tangalooma Wrecks are a shallow dive with depths from 2-10m. Even in this shallow water, the wrecks attract an large amounts of marine life. Tangalooma Wrecks make a good drift dive near the top of the tide. You... -
Dive or Snorkel The Aquarium, Tahiti, French Polynesia
The Aquarium is a beautiful lagoon dive no deeper than 12m and perfect for beginner divers or snorkelers. There are many tropical fish and there are 3 beautiful wrecks (1 plane and 2 boats). Located on the west coast of Tahiti. -
Dive The Austin Smith Wreck, Exuma Cays, Bahamas
The “Austin Smith” (aka HMBS Flamingo) was originally a 90-foot Bahamian Defense Force Cutter that was decommissioned in 1995. It was being towned to San Salvador to be sunk as an artificial reef when the ship sank while in route. The Austin Smith now sits in 60 feet of water in the Exuma Cays, Bahamas, .56 miles east of Normans Cay. On May 10, 1980, the ... -
Wreck Dive The Bermuda, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Michigan
The Bermuda is a 150 foot wooden schooner foundered and sank in the spring of 1870 in Murray Bay on Grand Island. Her top deck is just 12 feet below the water’s surface where she has remained for 128 years. The wreck is intact, remarkable condition for a shallow wreck.
