Scuba Diving and snorkeling in the turquoise blue waters of St. Maarten varies from beautiful and healthy reef systems to well preserved and fantastic
ship wreck diving!
Not exact matches
The most famous
diving spots are the Japanese
ship wrecks from WW2 — frozen in time underwater.
The Tulamben Liberty
ship wreck would have to be rated as one of the best Tulamben
diving spots if not Bali
diving spots by far.
The
ship was rediscovered by Jacques Cousteau in 1956 and is arguably the most sought after scuba
diving wreck in the world.
Scuba
diving here is extremely exciting for the divers as this
ship is over 100 meters long and it's the biggest
wreck for scuba
diving in Thailand.
Insider Tips: If you find yourself falling in love with
wreck diving, you might want to consider heading to Pattaya, a place which is loosely labelled as the «
wreck diving capital of Thailand» Pattaya is home to five
wrecks, namely the HTMS Kut, HTMS Khram and HTMS Mataphon which are all World War II era
ships from the US Navy that were decommissioned and given to the Thai Navy.
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Diving on the
wreck is just an incredible experience, not only as it is a decompression dive, but too see such an old
ship with all that marine life inhabiting it.
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Ship Wreck Dives — Special Interest
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Tortuga Islands — The only dive site in the country with three shipwrecks for
diving: The coastguard
ships Franklin Chang Diaz and Coronel Alfonso Monge and Caroline Star, which is a great
wreck for advanced divers.
Just outside of Amed, you will find Tulamben, which main attraction is
diving at the US cargo
ship wreck, Liberty, often sited as one of the best dive spots in the world.
Ten days of
diving and over 500 nautical miles later, we can look back to
diving sandy slopes hunting for critters and creatures, an old
ship wreck which sank in 1958, steep walls covered in fish, an active volcano and home of hundreds of sea snakes,swim - throughs and overhangs with beautiful soft corals, pinnacles which serve as manta cleaning stations and sea mounts full of schooling fish!
This can occur in non-penetration
wreck diving as fishermen's nets and lines often become ensnared on
ship structures.
SCUBA
diving - good rates offered if you are interested in gaining your
diving certificate, or as an experienced diver, the Bianca C
wreck, a 200m long cruise
ship which now lies 30m down, is an amazing dive.
Plus, as the Mediterranean sea has seen a lot of
ship traffic over the decades, it's a great place for
wreck diving.
There's a wide range of
diving opportunities from beginner to advanced where you can explore marine life,
ship wrecks and even participate in a night dive.
From my experience scuba
diving in the Great Lakes and reading about the
ship wrecks on their bottom, sedimentation does not appear to be a major factor; i.e., covering the Great Lakes floor.
The recreational water park holds dozens of
ship and plane
wrecks underwater as well as the remains of Houston's former theme park, Astro World, to explore for a perfect scuba
diving adventure!