PUERTO RICO Eastern
Caribbean
The mountainous island of Puerto Rico is like a visit into history.
T6urists
can visit El Morro Castle, a massive fortress built by the Spanish
in 1510,
400 year old churches, or the San Juan Gate, the only remaining gate
from
a wall which dates back to the early 1500's built around San Juan.
Diving in Puerto Rico has never been highly publicized but could
compare
with almost any tropical island. Most dive sites are located
offshore where
water clarity is crystal clear. The water close to the island tends
to be a
little murky due to rain run off. Most of the more popular dive
sights are
reef dives. These sights are heavily populated with squirrelfish,
spadefish,
eagle rays, morays, groupers, and the occasional nurse shark. Many
historic
shipwrecks are still hidden in the shallow water surrounding Puerto
Rico,
some are reported to be treasure ships, others slave and cargo
vessels. The
list of wrecks within this text is sure to grow as more divers
investigate,
search and find shipwrecks in Puerto Rico.
For more information about Puerto Rico visit the Puerto Rico Board
of Tourism’s official website –
www.gotopuertorico.com
AIRPLANE
The Airplane wreck is the remains of a six passenger Piper Cherokee
monoplane. The Piper, which was built in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania,
is
now resting in 50 feet of water. Much of the aircraft is covered by
sponge
and coral.
DESTROYER
James Abbot, who charters dives in Puerto Rico, says that there is
an old
navy destroyer sunk off the east end of Vieques Island. The ship was
apparently once used for target practice and is now very broken up
and
scattered in 35 to 40 feet of water. The Destroyer wreck is resting
on a
sandy bottom and holds a good amount of marine life.
TUG BOAT
This wreck is an 80 foot long, ocean going tug that ran aground on
Culebrita
Reef. The wreck is sitting upright and intact in very shallow water
of only
40 feet. Coral, sponge and a good assortment of marine creatures can
be
found all over this site.
BARGE
An old sugar cane barge of unknown origin lies about one mile off
the
shore of Cayo Santiago off Humacao. This wreck lies intact and
upright
in forty feet of water on a sand and grass bottom.
The marine life here has been reported to be average, and there is
usually
no current to hinder divers.
Basic shipwreck
information and images for the Caribbean section of this site was
taken with permission from the book Tropical Shipwrecks by Daniel
and Denise Berg.
You are invited to
submit your shipwreck related articles, images and information. As
long as the text, photographs, sketches etc are of professional
quality we will showcase them. Full credit will be provide and a
same page link to your web site can be arranged.
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