Hilma Hooker
Bonaire
A 1984 cargo-ship wreck lying on its starboard side on a 30 m sandy plateau, its holds reachable through large openings.
- Advanced
- Wreck
- Barracuda
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Imperial Eagle Wreck & Jesus Statue
Malta, Gozo & Comino, Malta
A former Malta-Gozo ferry scuttled in 1999 off Qawra, upright at 42 m with the Statue of Christ standing in the valley in front.
- Experienced
- Wreck
MV Karwela
Malta, Gozo & Comino, Malta
A 50 m passenger ferry scuttled in 2006 off Gozo, with three decks and a photogenic staircase lit by portholes.
- Experienced
- Wreck
P31 (Comino)
Malta, Gozo & Comino, Malta
A patrol boat scuttled off Comino in 2009, almost upright on sand at 18-20 m, which divers can swim through from stern to bow.
- Advanced
- Wreck
SS Thistlegorm
Sharm El Sheikh & Ras Mohammed, Egypt
WWII supply ship bombed on 6 October 1941; holds still carry Bedford trucks and Norton and BSA motorcycles.
- Advanced
- Wreck
- Turtles
SS Yongala
SS Yongala (Townsville), Australia
Sunk by a cyclone in March 1911, the wreck lies on a 30 m seabed with its upper parts at 16 m; penetration diving is prohibited by law.
- Advanced
- Wreck
- Reef sharks
Um El Faroud Wreck
Malta, Gozo & Comino, Malta
Called the best recreational wreck dive in Malta, it sits upright off Wied iż-Żurrieq from 15 m at the funnel to 36 m at the propeller.
- Experienced
- Wreck
- Barracuda
P29 (Boltenhagen)
Malta, Gozo & Comino, Malta
A 52 m former German patrol boat, Boltenhagen, scuttled in 2007 off Ċirkewwa, its highest part only 12 m deep.
- Advanced
- Wreck
Rozi
Malta, Gozo & Comino, Malta
A 35 m tug scuttled in 1992, dived from the shore at Ċirkewwa about 130 m from the entry point.
- Advanced
- Wreck
USAT Liberty Wreck
Bali & Nusa Penida, Indonesia
A 120 m WWII US Army cargo ship resting on its side in 10–30 m, only a few fin-kicks from Tulamben's shore.
- Advanced
- Wreck
- Reef sharks
Big Brother
Marsa Alam & the Brothers, Egypt
Sheer coral walls plus two wrecks, the Numidia and Aida, with a chance of thresher sharks on dawn dives in autumn and winter.
- Experienced
- Wreck
- Grey reef sharks
El Mina Wreck
Hurghada, Egypt
Minesweeper wreck near Hurghada whose blast hole shelters clouds of glassfish hunted by lionfish and jackfish.
- Advanced
- Wreck
King Cruiser Wreck
Phuket & Koh Lanta, Thailand
An 85 m passenger ferry that sank upright in 30 m after hitting Anemone Reef in 1997, now circled by schools of trevally and barracuda.
- Experienced
- Wreck
- Barracuda
Hidden gem
Kreidesee Hemmoor
Hemmoor Chalk Lake, Germany
A flooded chalk quarry to 60 m with an old access road, flooded houses and forest, plus a sailboat at 14 m and a plane at 12 m.
- Advanced
- Wreck
San Francisco Maru
Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia
The 'Million Dollar Wreck', a 117 m freighter named for its costly cargo.
- Technical
- Wreck
SS Dunraven
Sharm El Sheikh & Ras Mohammed, Egypt
Upturned steamer launched in 1872 that sank in 1876, lying from 15 m at the bow to 29 m at the stern.
- Advanced
- Wreck
- Moray eels
Betty Bomber
Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia
A shallow Japanese Navy bomber wreck off Eten Island, often followed by schools of batfish.
- Advanced
- Wreck
- Batfish
El Aguila Wreck
Roatán & Bay Islands, Honduras
A 60 m cargo ship on its starboard side at about 33 m, where large groupers, sometimes 15 to 20, lurk inside alongside moray eels.
- Experienced
- Wreck
- Barracuda
Giannis D (Abu Nuhas)
Hurghada, Egypt
Abu Nuhas wreck whose engine room at 13 m allows easy penetration through clouds of glassfish.
- Advanced
- Wreck
- Nudibranchs
Heian Maru
Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia
At 163 m the largest wreck in Truk, a submarine tender with torpedoes still in its holds.
- Advanced
- Wreck
Iro Wreck
Palau
An upright WWII Japanese fleet oiler, torpedoed then sunk by aircraft in 1944, with its deck at 28 m and forward tower rising to 8 m.
- Advanced
- Wreck
Nippo Maru
Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia
A twin-barrel anti-aircraft gun, three Howitzers and a Japanese battle tank lie on this wreck.
- Technical
- Wreck
Carnatic (Abu Nuhas)
Hurghada, Egypt
Abu Nuhas wreck lying at 24 m parallel to the reef, home to sweepers, glassfish, batfish and nudibranchs.
- Advanced
- Wreck
- Nudibranchs
Troy Spring
Florida Springs, United States
A 70-ft first-magnitude spring with the remains of the Civil War steamboat Madison, scuttled in 1863, in its shallow run.
- Advanced
- Wreck
Photo credits
- Hilma Hooker dive site, Bonaire, Kris Mikael Krister, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Imperial Eagle Wreck & Jesus Statue dive site, Malta / Gozo / Comino, Pstraudo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- MV Karwela Wreck dive site, Malta / Gozo / Comino, Mrcrycrash, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- P31 Wreck dive site, Malta / Gozo / Comino, Wittylama, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- SS Thistlegorm dive site, Northern Red Sea Wrecks, Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Yongala dive site, Australia, Orin Optiglot, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Um El Faroud Wreck dive site, Malta / Gozo / Comino, Pstraudo, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- P29 Boltenhagen Wreck dive site, Malta / Gozo / Comino, Pstraudo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- MV Rozi Wreck dive site, Malta / Gozo / Comino, Richard Kingfelt, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
- USAT Liberty dive site, Bali / Nusa Penida, G patkar, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Big Brother Island and its lighthouse, Red Sea, Alexander Vasenin, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Diver under the hull of the El Mina wreck, Hurghada, Jouni Kuisma, DiveCodex, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Coral-covered structure of the King Cruiser wreck, Ralf Schmidt, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Diver above a shark sculpture in Kreidesee Hemmoor, Dr. W. Strickling, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Type 95 tank on the deck of the San Francisco Maru, Chuuk, montereydiver, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Dunraven Wreck dive site, Sharm El Sheikh / Gulf of Suez, W.Strickling, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Cockpit of the Betty bomber wreck, Chuuk, montereydiver, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Green moray on the El Aguila wreck, Roatán, w:en:Aquaimages (talk | contribs), CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
- Divers at the bow of the Giannis D wreck, Abu Nuhas, W.Strickling, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Shells lying in the Heian Maru wreck, Chuuk, Motoki Kurabayashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Anemonefish on the wreck of the tanker Iro, Palau, w:en:Aquaimages (talk | contribs), CC BY-SA 2.5, 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
- Inside the Carnatic wreck, Abu Nuhas, Roland Unger, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Clear water of Troy Spring, Florida, Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
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