Theme for June 14-20:....and this is the Wreck Room

[lukeROB]

I always manage to dive wrecks when the vis isn't great. Now that I've got the wide angle it should help. Anyway heres one from the HMAS Swan: just going past the crows nest.

 

[Aggie Diver]

The Panther (Bimini, Bahamas)...

 

[justleesa]

Thanks Luke
Hey Aggie! what kind of ship is that?

 

[Aggie Diver]

Tugboat, flipped upside down courtesy of a hurricane.

 

[SuPrBuGmAn]

Have you ever found any bottles, or something like that, while on a dive?

Not yet.

Pretty much everything on the Whiskey Wreck has been salvaged/scavenged over the course of the 100+ years its been on the shallow bottom its at now.

There is another shallow water wreck a few miles west of the Whiskey that supposedly has some artifacts still present, however, the sandbar is covering it up entirely at the moment.

There are a few wrecks in Pensacola that have alot to offer in terms of artifacts. I just haven't had the chance to visit them just yet

 

[SimonJ]

Here's one from Grenada last year...the San juan

And this is one from the Bianca C, a 600ft cruise liner that sank in the 70s. This is looking straight down onto the one of the funnels...with hind sight a slight angle to the shot would have been better.

 

[justleesa]

niiiiiiice What kind of shark is that in the pic and do you know any history from the first shot?

 

[Dee]

Those are Nurse Sharks. Very common in the Caribbean, not aggresive at all...unless you pull their tail or sumpthin'!

 

[justleesa]

like our white tips....One 8 or 9 footer (may be 10 or 12...or maybe even bigger...lol)did scare me a bit last week... one big sukka!

 

[SimonJ]

Yeah they are nice and gentle nurse sharks...one swam right by my wife, so she stroked it gently!! The San Juan is a fishing vessel that sank in the 80s I think. Is now the best place to see nurse sharks off Grenada