You may think the captain of this huge tanker should have known better than to try and pass though these shallow waters – the 140 metre ship lies under only about 30 metres of water – but she was scuttled here not sunk, after being torpedoed and repaired several times during WW2. Sunk here in 1946, both hard and soft coral has had plenty of time to flourish and for fish to colonise the inside of the ship though the torpedo holes in the starboard side.

The blew her hull when they sunk her so she’s upright leaning to the right, but not much other damage was done in the blast and there are plenty of identifiable bits of ship to look over. Dredging in the area means that the water visibility varies quite a lot.

Hope to encounter hawkfish, groupers, dascyllus and anthias.

Written by  World Reviewer Staff.

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