Daini Koyomaru 30 Jun 16
Dive on the wreck of a 244-foot Japanese dredger lying at 34m half a mile off the coast of St Lucia. The ship was deliberately sunk as an artificial reef in 1996 but due to trapped air she rolled over as she went down. No buoy, so descent based on GPS position, which proved accurate. Despite only 200 Bar in a 12l tank this was always going to be NDL-limited. Penetration not even contemplated. I mostly stayed at around 27m to prolong the time available. I've edited out most of the 15 minute ascent - the dive leader's computer required 3 safety stops. Interesting to find a trap next to the ship; I guess the locals free-dive for supper.
Diving The Daini Koyomaru 1 Aug 17
My second dive on the Daini and by staying a little shallower we manage a complete circuit even with a 80 cu ft cylinder. Entry was on a GPS position as the buoy had disappeared but Daniel did a quick recce and led us down his line. Always impressive when a wreck such as this emerges from the murk! The relatively poor vis, lack of light at depth and 20 years of marine growth make this inverted ship quite an eerie sight and the area around the stern with the cut-out and dredging equipment would not look out of place in an 'Alien' movie. Lots of life around the wreck with the resident barracuda overhead and this time a sighting of one of the turtles.
Diving The Vicky B Wreck, St Lucia
The Vicky B was sunk as an artificial reef and diving attraction in May 2018. She was a small freighter (45m in length by 9m beam) that was impounded after drugs were discovered on board, and left to rust in Castries harbour. Her original name, Wiebke 1, is still visible in raised lettering on the stern. The upper decks were at 17-19m and the seabed was at 23-25m, deeper at the bow. The bridge superstructure has been cut away but she is otherwise intact. A mobile crane is amounted halfway along the hold area and a forklift has been left in the hold itself. For those wreck qualified, penetration of the rear engineering spaces is possible with a slightly tortuous route from the hold up to a hatch on the port side of the funnel. There was an approx 1kt current during our dive, port to stbd. A turtle is regularly seen on the wreck and is in the video at 52-56secs. This was a 30 minute dive and in typical balmy 28C temperatures all the way to the bottom. A great new asset located conveniently close to the disintegrating Lesleen and about half a mile from the deeper Daini Koyomaru. Well worth a visit.
New Dive wreck being sunk at Anse Cochon St. Lucia May 2018
The new dive site wreck being sunk at Anse Cochon (Bay of Pigs) in St Lucia on Friday the 18th May 2018. The video was taken by Sly on one of the Joe Knows boats. It's near the Lesleen M and in around 20m of water.
Wreck Diving in St. Lucia
Wreck diving in St. Lucia with the Sandals Resorts teams at the Grande, Halcyon, and LaToc.
St.Lucia - Lesleen M & Vicky B Wrecks 2018
Footage of our dives to the 2 wrecks in the Anse Cochon reefs near the Ti Kaye Resort in St. Lucia. Both wrecks were at 60 Feet. Lesleen M was an older wreck teaming with quite a bit of marine life where as the Vicky B was a newer wreck which was sunk only a few months ago and is slowly building marine life on it.
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ST LUCIA DIVING #1 Dec. 14, 2015
Diving Virgin's Cove and Bay of Pigs with Sandals Grand St. Lucian
Lesleen M Shipwreck, Caribbean Diving
360 Diving The Lesleen M Shipwreck St.Lucia
DREDGER WRECK EVENING DIVE
The Dredger lies right outside of Portland Harbour within the shelter of Balaclava bay, at a max depth of 12mts. This wreck was a sand dredger and makes an excellent dive both for training and the viewing the wildlife along the harbour wall. The wreckage itself is pretty much broken up and is in two large parts but offers plenty of fish, cuttlefish as well as lots of hermit and spider crabs. It can be dived in almost any weather conditions due to the shelter of the bay.
Fantastic viz on this summer evening dive with Dive Beyond Portland.
Diving the MV Wawinet - part 1
Part 1, diving the wreck of the MV Wawinet August 29. 2012, a luxury yacht that foundered and sank September 21, 1942 off Beausoliel Island, Georgian Bay, Canada. This wreck remains one of Georgian Bay's most tragic accidents with 25 lives lost, and only 17 survivors. The passengers consisted of staff from the Midland Foundry and Machine Co. who were out celebrating the completion of a significant WWII contract for Canada's war effort. The boat was owned, and captained by Bert Corbeau, plant superintendent, and ex Montreal Canadiens & Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman. Bert Corbeau was not one of the survivors of the accident.
Sea Turtle
Sea turtle discovered having a rest on the bottom at Superman's Flight, St Lucia on 26 July 2017. Seemed very used to divers!