Hey guys
I recently managed to acquire some diving equipment for myself (yay - no more expensive diving, which means I should be doing it more often!) and so yesterday a few mates and I went on a mission to find the wreck just off the North Pier of the harbour.
Conditions were absolutely PERFECT in the morning; calm seas, warm water, great vis... I love Durban
Anyway so we swam out along the pier, we knew the rough co-ordinates of the wreck but not exactly where it was lying. When we got near the area we fanned out (there were four of us) each holding onto the buoy line, and swam out parallel to the pier. In a few minutes I saw a big shape looming in the distance, gave a tug on the line and soon we were all exploring the wreck which was quite incredible. It lies in about 6m of water with a 12m drop-off at the stern. The wreck is teeming with life, there is also an electric ray hiding in a corner whose body diameter is close to a meter... I kid you not.
Had a really great dive and it's not too deep, on another calm day I may well go back there on snorkel and collect some goodies Saw several emperor angels, ceaner wrasse, about a zillion goldies, lionfish, stonefish, leaf fish, and some very big crays who are very content to sit there and look at you, almost taunting as just because they know they're in a protected area! lol!
At the end of the dive we were rather tired and didn't particularly feel like swimming all the way back, so we decided to risk it and walk back along the pier. Before long a Port Authority vehicle came along, we thought 'Oh krap here comes trouble' but the lady just waved and smiled, did a U-turn and left us alone
Now the question... does anyone know anything about this wreck? What is it? How did it sink? Very curious to find out...
I recently managed to acquire some diving equipment for myself (yay - no more expensive diving, which means I should be doing it more often!) and so yesterday a few mates and I went on a mission to find the wreck just off the North Pier of the harbour.
Conditions were absolutely PERFECT in the morning; calm seas, warm water, great vis... I love Durban
Anyway so we swam out along the pier, we knew the rough co-ordinates of the wreck but not exactly where it was lying. When we got near the area we fanned out (there were four of us) each holding onto the buoy line, and swam out parallel to the pier. In a few minutes I saw a big shape looming in the distance, gave a tug on the line and soon we were all exploring the wreck which was quite incredible. It lies in about 6m of water with a 12m drop-off at the stern. The wreck is teeming with life, there is also an electric ray hiding in a corner whose body diameter is close to a meter... I kid you not.
Had a really great dive and it's not too deep, on another calm day I may well go back there on snorkel and collect some goodies Saw several emperor angels, ceaner wrasse, about a zillion goldies, lionfish, stonefish, leaf fish, and some very big crays who are very content to sit there and look at you, almost taunting as just because they know they're in a protected area! lol!
At the end of the dive we were rather tired and didn't particularly feel like swimming all the way back, so we decided to risk it and walk back along the pier. Before long a Port Authority vehicle came along, we thought 'Oh krap here comes trouble' but the lady just waved and smiled, did a U-turn and left us alone
Now the question... does anyone know anything about this wreck? What is it? How did it sink? Very curious to find out...