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Maui Wreck Diving

4F Hellcat Fighter - Little is known about the Hellcat that is
F sitting in thirty feet of water just a few hundred yards off the he St. Anthony - The vessel was originally a Louisiana shrimper
South Maui coastline except it didn’t return home safely. The main T that relocated in Hawaii as a long-line fisher after the shrimp-
wreck sits upside down with the landing wheels st retracted. The ing industry collapsed. It eventually ended up a derelict in Hono-
tail is missing and the engine sits about 100’ from the wings. lulu Harbor and was destine to be sunk in deep water for removal.
The St. Anthony rest in seventy feet of water, adjacent a cement
he Third Tank - The 3rd Tank (dive site) is off Makena Beach and tire artificial reef several hundred yards off Keawakapu Beach.
T and is surrounded by acres of sandy bottom so it has become Schools of goatfish and different types tropical fish now surroud
the fish magnet of this area. Schools of Yellow-tailed goatfish and the wreck.
Blue-lined Snapper surround the small wreck and create a spectac-
ular tight school of flowing color. On and around the wreck there arthaginian Dive Boat - This is Maui’s newest dive site featur-
are moray eels, leaf-scorpionfish and lobsters. A hundred feet from C ing the Carthaginian Sailing Ship resting at a depth of 97 feet.
the wreck is also a bed of endemic Hawaiian Garden Eels. Berthed in Lahaina for 23 years until it’s sinking, it’s new location
provides a fascinating dive site offering an opportunity to explore
ank & Landing Craft - Sitting in sixty feet of water off Makena a sunken ship already attracting a diverse collection of underwater
T Landing lays two WWII vintage amphibious tractors or “Amt- marine life and coral.
racs.”