OK, my son, junior OW, really wants to dive a wreck (obviously no penetration). What would you recommend for the BEST shallow wreck - probably warm water? We are trying to plan a trip or two this next year... Thinking about some stuff in the keys (Benwood)... Where would you go?
Favorite shallow wreck?
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Tobermory Ontario has a nice selection of shallow wrecks and in August the water is wetsuit friendly. Most of them are 100 years old and some are reduced to rubble piles but the Sweepstakes and the Alice G are pretty whole. The "rubble piles" have some great features on them, anchors (like the one on the Wetmore), chain piles and serious details that you can still see like the color of the grout between the boards.
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Benwood or the City of Washington. The City of Washington is a little shallower than the Benwood. Max depth is maybe 30'.
I did my first check out dive on the Benwood in 1977. 30 years later I still love diving on it.
Dive site: The City of Washington - Wreck -UpperKeysDivesites.com: Scuba diving in Paradise, the upper Florida Keys scuba divers Key Largo to Islamorada with underwater tropical reef fish in John Pennekamp State Park and see maps of wrecks at divesho
I did my first check out dive on the Benwood in 1977. 30 years later I still love diving on it.
Dive site: The City of Washington - Wreck -UpperKeysDivesites.com: Scuba diving in Paradise, the upper Florida Keys scuba divers Key Largo to Islamorada with underwater tropical reef fish in John Pennekamp State Park and see maps of wrecks at divesho
the wrecks look pretty intact... thank you!
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The Benwood is a great night dive too.
What is your deffinition of shallow? There are some excellent wrecks in 50 feet in Guam. Water is always in the 80s to.
Definitely Key Largo for shallow wrecks. I dove the Benwood and Washington several times on trips there. Not much left of either one of them but still fun to dive. The Speigle Grove, Duane and Eagle are some other good dives but not for a Junior.
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I second the Tobermory recommendation. The Alice G and 3 other tugs are all shore dives at Little Tub Harbour in Toby. There's a wooden deck and stairs down to the water.
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