U-576 Found off of Cape Hatteras

[packrat12]

NOAA found U-576 off Cape Hatteras. Now comes the question.... Is it shallow enough for SCUBA.... It is 30 miles off Hatteras so I doubt it. :depressed:

Wreck of WWII German U-boat found off N. Carolina - CNN.com

 

[Dr. Lecter]

Random web entry lists it as 34° 30′ 36″ N, 75° 13′ 12″ W...if at all accurate, it's out off the shelf in Hatteras Canyon.

 

[Dive Right In Scuba 2]

Looks like she's sitting in about 700' of water.

 

[Dr. Lecter]

Looks like she's sitting in about 700' of water.

That'd be awesome if true. 700' is no joke, but is also not impossibly deep, and everyone's always whining about how there's never a reason for dives past 200m other than dick measuring and record chasing.

 

[Dive Right In Scuba 2]

While 700' is not impossible, it surely won't be visited too much. It's not only deep in that area but a little gnarly with currents etc.

 

[Jared0425]

That's a long deco for a few minutes though, and a very expensive mix also. Does heliox even go that deep?

 

[diversteve]

On Tuesday, researchers announced that they had discovered the wreck of U-576, as well as the wreck of the sunken merchant ship, and hailed the find as a rare snapshot of a little known chapter of World War II.

The two ships were found in August in 690 feet of water a few hundred yards apart following a five-year search headed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local...74c262-5938-11e4-8264-deed989ae9a2_story.html