Best Spanish galleon wreck?

[Mantra]

Hi all!

We will be spending the month of January diving in the Philippines. We're looking forward to it. Hoping to meet some scubaboarders over there. We're just at the stage of bedding our plans down now. Really exciting!

Anyway, I was wondering if you guys could help me out - are there any wrecks of Spanish galleons that are diveable within recreational depths? I really fancy the idea of diving an old wreck. If you could dive only one such wreck, which one would it be? Are there any notables? Is this even possible? Are there any wrecks with intact wood left anywhere or are they all pretty much debris fields? Are there any that are of particular historical interest?

I'm really looking forward to coming back to the Philippines. It was the first overseas country I ever visited, and having spent the intervening 17 years travelling all through Asia, this is my first time back. I have really, really fond memories of the place and people.

Thanks!

(I did try to search for prior threads on this, per the guidelines for this forum, but unfortunately 'galleon' is in the name of a lot of dive shops it seems, so the results were full of static)

 

[paolov]

my course director mentioned of divng a galleon however it is not for recreational scuba diving. and it is near the seas west of sabah

other than that, galleon debris must be gathered in Philippine deep

some links

http://authspot.com/short-stories/a...-buhatan-beach-sto-domingo-albay-philippines/
http://www.localphilippines.com/attractions/1395/spanish-galleon-wreck-site

 

[DevonDiver]

The 'San Quentin', in Subic Bay is a wreck dating from the Spanish-American war. This is likely to be the type of dive you imagine...some good history, nice development of the wreck as an artificial reef. No treasure though...

Details here: Subic Bay Wrecks and Dive Sites

History of Subic Bay, with details of the San Quentin

 

[ElChe]

Wow, this site is quite informative! I bookmarked it, who knows if someday I'll have the chance to dive there...

 

[eagerbeaver]

To my knowledge there are no diveable "galleons" around. Fallen to pieces over time, and/or salvaged by locals. If you go to Subic you can check out Brian Homan's cool museum at Vasco restaurant. Brian was one of the first to dive here and collected a ton of cool stuff off wrecks in conjunction with the National Museum.

Enjoy.