[captndale]

Originally Posted by Web Monkey

Nobody is supposed to even touch the wrecks, so I'm not sure what you're prying.

It is true that there are some wrecks you are not supposed to touch. (When I dove the wreck, Gunilda, I was informed that the Canadian government prohibited touching it.) It is permissable, however, to touch most wrecks. In fact, in order to penetrate a wreck it is almost always necessary to do so.

As for needing a pry tool, it is handy to move hatches or pieces of wreckage that might otherwise impede passage or pose an entrapment problem. I recently made a dive on a fishing boat that sank a couple of months ago. I needed a pry tool to get into some compartments so that I could salvage some personal items that the owner wanted to get back.