Top 10 wreck dives in the world?

[Peter69_56]

1. Thanks for the info, I will now spend all night looking at it, planning.
   
   Wrecks We Have Dived
   
   1. Ceratadus II - Bundaberg Australia
   2. Two Mohawks - Bundaberg Australia
   3. 2 Light Ships - Bundaberg Australia
   4. The Barge - Bundaberg Australia
   5. Aloara – Port Villa Vanuatu
   6. Bonzer – Port Villa Vanuatu
   7. Severence - Lady Elliot Island Australia
   8. HMAS Brisbane - Mooloolaba Australia
   9. George Kermode - Phillip Island Australia
   10. Tasman Hauler - Eden Australia
   11. Henry Bolte - Eden Australia
   12. HMAS Canberra - Bass Straight Australia
   13. Liberty Ship – Tulamben Indonesia
   14. Unknown Wreck – Amed Indonesia
   15. Unknown Wreck - Wilsons Promontory Australia
   16. Zero - Walindi Papua New Guinea
   17. Yongala – Ayres Beach Australia
   18. Yamagiri Maru – Truk Lagoon
   19. Heian Maru – Truk Lagoon
   20. Kiyosumi Maru – Truk Lagoon
   21. Zero 2 – Truk Lagoon
   22. Shinkoku Maru – Truk Lagoon
   23. I-169 Sub – Truk Lagoon
   24. Emily Flying Boat – Truk Lagoon
   25. Fujlkawa Maru – Truk Lagoon
   26. San Fransisco Maru – Truk Lagoon
   27. Kansho Maru – Truk Lagoon
   28. Aikoku Maru – Truk Lagoon
   29. Betty Bomber – Truk Lagoon
   30. Sankisan Maru – Truk Lagoon
   31. Nippo Maru – Truk Lagoon
   32. Rio De Janerio Maru – Truk Lagoon
   33. Hoki Maru – Truk Lagoon
   34. Patrol Boat 34 – Truk Lagoon
   
   Planned Future Dives
   SS President Coolidge Transport (Vanuatu)
   HMS Hermes Aircraft Carrier (east coast Sri Lanka)
   HMAS Perth Light Cruiser (Sunda Strait Indonesia)
   HIJMS Fumitsuki Destroyer (Truk)
   HIJMS Oite Destroyer (Truk)
   HMS Repulse Battlecruiser (off Kuantan Malaysia)
   HMS Prince of Wales Battleship (off Kuantan Malaysia)
   IJN Iro Oiler (Palau)
   USS Rochester/USS New York Heavy Cruiser (Subic Bay Philippines)
   USS Houston Heavy Cruiser (Sunda Strait Indonesia)
   Prinz Eugen Heavy Cruiser (Kwajalein Atoll)
   USS Saratoga Aircraft Carrier (Bikini Atoll)
   USS Arkansas Battleship (Bikini Atoll)
   HIJMS Nagato Battleship (Bikini Atoll)
   HNLMS De Ruyter Cruiser (Java Sea Indonesia)
   HNLMS Java Light Cruiser (Java Sea Indonesia)
   HNLMS Kortenaer Light Cruiser (Java Sea Indonesia)
   HMS Exeter Heavy Cruiser (Java Sea Indonesia)
   USS Lagarto Submarine (Gulf of Thailand)
   Kuretake Maru (Balikpapan Indonesia)
   Sumanoura Maru (Balikpapan Indonesia)
   Tatsukami Maru (Balikpapan Indonesia)
   Tsuruga Maru (Balikpapan Indonesia)
   Nana Maru (Balikpapan Indonesia)
   

 

[lloyd_borrett]

G'day,

It's an interesting set of lists, but I guess it's a very subjective and personal thing when one starts to make such lists.

There are three aircraft carriers that can be dived and I've been fortunate enough to have gone down to both the HMS Hermes (95) off Batticoa, Sri Lanka, and the USS Saratoga (CV-3) at Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands. I'd rate the HMS Hermes as the more challenging diving, but I loved diving on the USS Saratoga way more.

I personally rate the USS Saratoga ahead of the SS President Coolidge in Santo, Vanuato.

While I loved diving on the various cargo shipwrecks at Chuuk Lagoon, Micronesia, and I want to go back there again, I'd rate diving on the magnificent sunken nuclear fleet of warships at Bikini Atoll as way more interesting. That's why I'm heading back to Bikini Atoll again in October 2013 - see Scuba Dive Bikini Atoll - The top wreck diving location in the world - The Scuba Doctor

Certainly the Liberty Ship off Tulamben, Indonesia can be very special at certain times of the day.

Because I was involved in the sinking of the HMAS Canberra (FFG-02) off Melbourne, Australia, I get a special kick out of diving on it. But of all of the many great wrecks I dive on in Victoria, Australia, (including our four WW1 submarines) I still have a special spot in my heart for the Eliza Ramsden. My second open water dive on my Open Water course and I got to see the magnificent bow of an 1800s clipper ship.

As for my bucket list, well more diving on the wrecks at Bikini Atoll and Chuuk Lagoon. It would be nice to dive the USS Oriscany (CV-34) off Florida, USA if only to be able to say I've dived all three of the aircraft carriers. But I'm reliably told the Yongala off Ayres Beach, Australia will be way more delightful.

Best regards, Lloyd Borrett.

 

[Rhone Man]

Heckuva impressive list, Lloyd.

 

[Peter69_56]

Lloyd, you know you have now made me very jeleous. Damn! yes I know who you are going there with "Scuba Doctor" saw the ad on the wall. Love your bucket list and agree with your assessment of Bikini. I want to go there 2014

If you have any suggestions for my bucket list let me know.

 

[mala]

here is a pic of "le polynesienne"

a few km's out of valletta harbour,malta.

 

[lloyd_borrett]

If you have any suggestions for my bucket list let me know.

Well having Bikini Atoll at the top of the list is a great way to start your bucket list. As would be doing more dives at Chuuk Lagoon.

Be careful about who you go to Sri Lanka with if you're planning to dive the HMS Hermes (95). I was fortunate to be on an expedition where I was the relative newb in among a group of some of the most experienced and qualified technical divers around. And given the state of the operation at Batticoa I was glad they were there and able to help the operator sort out some things and get them up to good standards.

A week or so diving the SS President Coolidge is a great experience. I used Aquamarine Santo and stayed at Aore Island Resort. We paid extra to do it as boat dives. They'd pick us up from the island after breakfast, we'd go out and dive the wreck, then back to the island for lunch. Then out again in the afternoon after a long surface interval. No stress of shore diving.

I'm not aware of many of the other wrecks on your to-do list. Will have to study up on them and see if I should add them to my list.

Best regards, Lloyd Borrett.

 

[Peter69_56]

"here is a pic of "le polynesienne" a few km's out of valletta harbour,malta.""

What is the depth for this wreck?

 

[Belmont]

"here is a pic of "le polynesienne" a few km's out of valletta harbour,malta.""

What is the depth for this wreck?

It's "Le Polynesien"
Approximately 60 meters

 

[Allison Finch]

As a resident of NC, we have all kind of various tonnage off of our coast. Everything from revolutionary war, Civil war to torpedoed WWI and WWII with storm wrecks mixed in. We have wreck heaven here, IMO!

 

[DevonDiver]

The best wrecks don't have names (yet)