San Francisco Maru
The 'Million Dollar Wreck', a 117 m freighter named for its costly cargo.
- Technical
- Wreck
Advanced≤30 m
Fujikawa Maru
Dive site in Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia
- Usual dive
- 27 m
- Deepest point
- 37 m
- Level
- Advanced
- Best months
- Oct–Apr
- Entry
- By boat
- Current
- Mild
Photo: Motoki Kurabayashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The story
Built in 1938 as a refrigerated cargo ship, the Fujikawa Maru was hit repeatedly during Operation Hailstone and sank on 18 February 1944. A forward hold contains at least nine disassembled Mitsubishi fighters, including an A5M Claude, the sole known survivor of its type.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
The dive
A wreck dive from a boat. Known for grey reef sharks, leopard (zebra) sharks and stingrays.
Who it's for
Advanced≤30 mSource: wrecksandreefs.com
Recommended minimum: Advanced (PADI Advanced Open Water, N2).
- DepthThe usual dive goes deeper than lower certifications allow.
- Overhead environment: only go inside with the matching training.
- The site goes deeper than 30 m: Advanced divers stay above 30 m.
Conditions
- Dive type
- Wreck
- Entry
- By boat
- Estimated
- Environment
- Wreck penetration
- Water
- Sea water
What you might see
- Grey reef sharks
- Leopard (zebra) sharks
- Stingrays
- Barracuda
- Trevally
Why divers come
- History
- Bucket-list dive
Season in Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon
- J
- F
- M
- A
- M
- J
- J
- A
- S
- O
- N
- D
- Best
- Good
- Possible
- Closed
- Not documented yet
Best months: Oct–Apr.
Source: zubludiving.comWhere is Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon?
The point shows the Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon area, not the exact dive site.
More dives in Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon
Betty Bomber
A shallow Japanese Navy bomber wreck off Eten Island, often followed by schools of batfish.
- Advanced
- Wreck
- Batfish
Heian Maru
At 163 m the largest wreck in Truk, a submarine tender with torpedoes still in its holds.
- Advanced
- Wreck
Nippo Maru
A twin-barrel anti-aircraft gun, three Howitzers and a Japanese battle tank lie on this wreck.
- Technical
- Wreck
Rio de Janeiro Maru
- Advanced
- Wreck
Wreck
down to 38 m
Kensho Maru
Swim through intact engine rooms with gauges and dials still in place.
- Technical
About this page
Values marked “Estimated” come from our original catalogue and are being checked against published sources one by one. Sourced values link to where they come from. Conditions change with the season, the weather and the tide: confirm with a local dive centre before you dive.
Photo credits
- Type 95 tank on the deck of the San Francisco Maru, Chuuk, montereydiver, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Cockpit of the Betty bomber wreck, Chuuk, montereydiver, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Shells lying in the Heian Maru wreck, Chuuk, Motoki Kurabayashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Artillery piece on the deck of the Nippo Maru, Chuuk, w:en:Aquaimages (talk | contribs), CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
- Superstructure of the Rio de Janeiro Maru wreck, Chuuk, Motoki Kurabayashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
