Fujikawa Maru
- Advanced
- Wreck
- Grey reef sharks
Technical
San Francisco Maru
Dive site in Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia
The 'Million Dollar Wreck', a 117 m freighter named for its costly cargo.
- Usual dive
- 50 m
- Deepest point
- 64 m
- Level
- Technical
- Best months
- Oct–Apr
- Current
- Mild
The story
Her keel was laid in Kobe in 1919. A 500 pound bomb from a TBF Avenger of USS Essex sent the San Francisco Maru down stern first with five of her crew; two Type 95 Ha-Go light tanks still sit on her forward deck.
Source: masterliveaboards.com
The dive
A wreck dive.
Who it's for
TechnicalSource: divessi.com
Recommended minimum: Technical (Tec, cave, trimix, rebreather).
- DepthThe usual dive goes deeper than lower certifications allow.
- DecompressionThe usual profile involves planned decompression stops.
Conditions
- Dive type
- Wreck
- Environment
- Open water
- Water
- Sea water
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
- Zero fighter in the hold of the Fujikawa Maru, Chuuk, Motoki Kurabayashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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
