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Popular Deep Depth Wrecks
W hat’s the draw of deep wrecks? Physi- clearer and the wreck seems to get larger. set up for sport diving. The freighter Comb-
cal integrity, for starters. Wrecks that Theo’s Wreck, off Grand Bahama Island, is an erbach, complete with an old bus in the for-
lie deeper than 90 or 100 feet are protected excellent example. Sunk in 1982, this 238- ward cargo hold, sits upright on the sand in
from the destructive surge of most storms, foot freighter lies intact on her port side in 100 feet of water off Long Island. This is an
so they tend to be more intact than shallow- 100 feet. On most days you can see the hull excellent wreck for wide-angle photogra-
er wrecks. Scale is another reason deeper as soon as you put your face in the water. phy. You get three for one at the Shipyard,
wrecks are appealing. Bahamas shipwrecks Twenty feet down you can make out the a remarkable wreck site off Paradise Island.
can be found in all conditions, from those wheelhouse, the massive open holds and the Three vessels lie on the bottom here, a 150-
that seem to be seaworthy, to those that point of the bow. Up close, the ship seems foot supply vessel called Ana Lise, a 95-foot
seem to be sea bottom. huge. The cavernous cargo hold is encrusted passenger ship called Helena C., and an oil
with sponges and black corals, and hosts a tanker called the Bahama Shell. All three
W hen the water is exceptionally clear, variety of fish. Walker’s Cay has two deep have been on the bottom for about ten years
as in The Bahamas, there is nothing wrecks: both, oceangoing tugboats that and are nicely encrusted. Like a graveyard,
like seeing a large wreck from a distance. were sunk in about 100 feet of water. Named it’s spooky, but somehow alluring.
As you swim toward it, the details become Esther K. and Dorothy H., they are perfectly
