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@johndiver999 Awesome photos! I've never seen them before! I've been on the wreck many times but all since she's been torn up. Was it one hurricane in particular that did the most damage or has it been several over the years?
@NothingClever PA has always been an awesome dive every time I've been on it. I was repeatedly circled by no less than 8 bull sharks on one dive. Just sat and watched them pretty much the entire dive!
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SS Princess Anne - Wikipedia
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Lots of hurricanes since 1993. In 30 years, Ana C & Lady Luck in Pompano will probably be in similar condition.SS Princess Anne - Wikipedia
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Now that you mention it, 2 weeks ago I dove the Ana C. Paul Seldes from Stuart Scuba took this video on that dive as we was doing some swim throughs. This caught my eye when I watched his video a few days ago.
Is it starting to buckle on the right side?
HalcyonDaze
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Anchor damage is another potential factor. I remember a number of years ago it looked like someone had hooked into the pilothouse on the Esso Bonaire and ripped it off; since then the superstructure has deteriorated considerably.
I made a short appearance on the BAMF SQUAD YouTube channel from our diving last weekend. It's just me back rolling off the boat with speargun, Tusa, and out of view lobster gear.
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@MrChen and I dived this morning with Pura Vida. We were on Marin with Capt. Dean and crew Lucas and Quin. We dived the Corridor Wreck Trek dive #1 and Danny-Atlantis-Spud Barge dive #2. We had beautiful sunny skies, no storms, light winds and comfortable 80s air temp. Seas were 1-2' with a moderate north current. Water temps were 84-85 and we had decent 30-40' viz on the bottom with greener water in the top 30' of the water column.
On Corridor we saw a beautiful green turtle on the Ana C along with a Loggerhead on the way to the Amaryllis, several reef sharks, and a few large barracuda along with all of the tropicals. On the Danny-Atlantis-Spud Barge we had plentiful schooling fish, all the usual tropicals, a few sharks including a bull with jacks in tow as we were ascending from the Spud Barge. @MrChen nabbed a couple lobster on the 2nd dive. We got in the full 60 minutes on dive #1 and 56 minutes on dive #2.
Here was the green turtle on the Ana C
On Corridor we saw a beautiful green turtle on the Ana C along with a Loggerhead on the way to the Amaryllis, several reef sharks, and a few large barracuda along with all of the tropicals. On the Danny-Atlantis-Spud Barge we had plentiful schooling fish, all the usual tropicals, a few sharks including a bull with jacks in tow as we were ascending from the Spud Barge. @MrChen nabbed a couple lobster on the 2nd dive. We got in the full 60 minutes on dive #1 and 56 minutes on dive #2.
Here was the green turtle on the Ana C
How timely you got to do both the southern and northern sections back to back in one day!
Connecting them in one dive is what I’m aiming for on Sun, 06 Oct with PVD.
Below is the profile with considerations:
Plan for a depth no greater than 24m / 80ft. Much of the time we will be a bit shallower than that. Standard banked EANx mixes above 30% will keep you out of an obligation.
Concept of the dive:
1) START POINT: Ana Cecilia - Provided there is good current, folks can spend 10-15 minutes on this first wreck, the flagship wreck on this dive. If the current is weak, we will need to refrain from eating up backgas inside the Ana Cecilia in favor of having plenty to kick our way to the Spud Barge, the destination objective of this dive.
2) Mizpah - no penetration required to appreciate, slow drift over recommended
3) Rock Pile (aka Habitat Corridors South) - slow drift over recommended
4) Amaryllis - very large wreck, primarily exposed hull down to the keel and ribs, nothing to penetrate but there are some structural walls at the northern end of the wreck with spaces where goliath groupers may be occupying so keep our heads on a swivel
5) China Barge - lays flat, no penetration required to appreciate
6) Brazilian Docks - nothing to penetrate, large dock pilings strewn about. Groupers, barracudas and sharks frequent here
7) Danny - this wreck can be penetrated in the pilot house with an exit through the stern (natural direction of the dive)
8) Tug and Small Barge - OPTIONAL - Mike will make the call based on current and general progress - penetration NOT recommended, the barge sits partially on top of the tug (unstable) so dropping low and looking in with a powerful light may reveal some sealife hiding out
9) Atlantis - remnants of the Royal Park Bridge placed for artificial reef, rubble gets larger and larger as we continue drifting north
10) END POINT: Spud Barge - penetration is possible here but is tight
Connecting them in one dive is what I’m aiming for on Sun, 06 Oct with PVD.
Below is the profile with considerations:
Plan for a depth no greater than 24m / 80ft. Much of the time we will be a bit shallower than that. Standard banked EANx mixes above 30% will keep you out of an obligation.
Concept of the dive:
1) START POINT: Ana Cecilia - Provided there is good current, folks can spend 10-15 minutes on this first wreck, the flagship wreck on this dive. If the current is weak, we will need to refrain from eating up backgas inside the Ana Cecilia in favor of having plenty to kick our way to the Spud Barge, the destination objective of this dive.
2) Mizpah - no penetration required to appreciate, slow drift over recommended
3) Rock Pile (aka Habitat Corridors South) - slow drift over recommended
4) Amaryllis - very large wreck, primarily exposed hull down to the keel and ribs, nothing to penetrate but there are some structural walls at the northern end of the wreck with spaces where goliath groupers may be occupying so keep our heads on a swivel
5) China Barge - lays flat, no penetration required to appreciate
6) Brazilian Docks - nothing to penetrate, large dock pilings strewn about. Groupers, barracudas and sharks frequent here
7) Danny - this wreck can be penetrated in the pilot house with an exit through the stern (natural direction of the dive)
8) Tug and Small Barge - OPTIONAL - Mike will make the call based on current and general progress - penetration NOT recommended, the barge sits partially on top of the tug (unstable) so dropping low and looking in with a powerful light may reveal some sealife hiding out
9) Atlantis - remnants of the Royal Park Bridge placed for artificial reef, rubble gets larger and larger as we continue drifting north
10) END POINT: Spud Barge - penetration is possible here but is tight
bassplayer
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oh, small world, i was on that boat.
i was the guy sitting port side at the stern. now that you mention it i can recognize mr chen from his profile photo.
so that was mr chen i was asking about his handy compact reel, right?
i was on the other side of your turtle until some other people jostled in:
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