Dive the MV Karma Wreck - MV Cetacea - MV Barcoola

Karma

This 47m trawler washed up on the beach in November 2003 after suffering engine failure. She was then towed and sunk on 24th December 2003. She has since become the premier wreck dive in the region and home to thousands of fish and other marine life. The vessel sits upright in 26 metres with the deck at 18 metres, making it easily accessible to both open water and more advanced divers. Full penetration diving is available to those with the knowledge and experience.

Cetacea

This 13 metre steel trawler sank in 1992 and now rests in 32 metres of water on a sandy bottom. She is home to a fantastic array of marine life including large rays, queensland grouper, cobia, tuna and hundreds of trevally. There are usually sweetlip, red emperors and batfish all gathered around the stern. The nets are encrusted in soft corals and home to stripey snapper, angelfish, butterflyfish, coral trout and morwongs. Inside the wheelhouse are a school of cardinalfish and several large estuary groupers.

Barcoola

This old barge lies in 41 metres of water and is a stand out dive. This one is for the truly advanced divers and offers fantastic marine life at a serious depth. In 1994 she sunk on a vast sandy bottom to create an ecosystem that attracts a massive amount of life. Many have described her as 'the best dive I've ever done' and 'better life than the Yongala'.The place is absolutely teeming with groupers, cod, huge kingfish and giant cobia. Large rays, bull sharks and bronze whalers are often seen here.

Read the 'Wreck Diving at 1770' article by Nigel Marsh in Dive Log magazine