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TUMON BAY DIVE SITES TOKAI MARU 42’-130’ (13-40m) Remarkable WWII Japanese
BULLDOZER & MYSTERY VESSEL 35’-135’ (11-41m) Boat or shipwreck lies on her starboard side touching WWI German ship-
beach dive accessible via the Seabee Junkyard, due east at 100’ (30m) wreck, the SMS Cormoran. Tokai Maru was sunk by U.S. subma-
depth. Vessel sits upright and intact, but no one knows whose it was rines with her bow resting upslope. Look for torpedo and strafing
or when it sank. The bulldozer sits upright 100’ (30m) east of the damage on her bow and 4th hold.
mystery vessel. SMS CORMORAN 80-120’ (24-36m) The other half of the Tokai
SEABEE JUNKYARD 30’-130’ (9 - 40m) Boat or beach dive to Maru/SMS Cormoran pair, this WWI ship, taken by the Germans
WWII equipment dumping ground. Bulldozers, pipes, small boat, during WWI, and then scuttled rather than surrendering her to the
and equipment covered with sea life. Wreckage and sea life may be Americans.
viewed via surface snorkeling. Caution: Notorious area to park due WESTERN SHOALS To 75’ (23m) This boat dive was formerly a top
to rental car burglaries. Apra Harbor dive spot, but typhoons damaged the reef. Staghorn
AMERICAN TANKER 50’-100’ (15-30m) Boat or beach dive to corals are on top of reef.
WWII concrete barge that was scuttled to make a breakwater. Bring BARGE REEF 45’-80’ (14-24m) Boat Dive on a WWII Barge sitting
a light to see into the ship’s dark holds. upright on reef. Hosts multitude of reef fishes and invertebrates.
THE VAL (VAL BOMBER) 25’-100’ (6-30m) Boat or beach dive HOURGLASS REEF 40’-100’ (12-30m) Boat dive on hourglass-
to Japanese warplane sitting on sloping reef just beyond first visible shaped reef, typically used as alternate site by the Atlantis submarine.
wrecked barge off of the breakwater. Lots of corals and colorful sponges.
KITSUGAWA MARU 65’-120’+ (20-36m+) Boat dive on WWII SEAPLANES 10’-100’ (3-30m) Boat dive or beach dive for those
Japanese freighter damaged and brought to Guam, then sunk by a who have Naval Base access, to a seaplane pontoon and wing, just
torpedo during the “Marianas Turkeyshoot”. The “Kitz” sits upright, off Navy Base Eastern fuel pier. Another nearly whole seaplane is at
with an encrusted bow gun and ammo on her upper superstructure. 90’ (27m) directly off of the Western fuel pier. A gigantic anemone
Wreck interior is accessible. colony full of clownfish lives near the pontoon.
SALVAGE TUG 90’-130’ (27-40m) Boat dive on WWII Japanese
tug sunk by torpedo hitting her stern. She sits upright, but an ocean
liner dropped an anchor on her in 1997.
