GBR Rubble Wreck #2

Local Name:

GBR Rubble Wreck #2

Depth:

About 60-70 feet.

Anchoring:

We anchor on what I refer to as GBR Coral Head (I'll add that location very soon). Take a bearing to the wreck with your GPS and just swim out to it. I suppose you could anchor right on it, but it would be a little deep.

Location:

Latitude			Longitude
Degrees	Minutes	Seconds	Degrees	Minutes	Seconds
8	43	48.900	167	43	17.220
8	43.81500	---------	167	43.28700	---------
8.73025	---------	---------	167.72145	---------	---------

Notes:

I found this wreck some time ago. It is a heap of junk. It may be some sort of landing craft. There is a propeller and rudder, so I suppose it qualifies as a shipwreck. We seem to stumble upon this when going between the GBR Coral Head and Bishop Upright and Bishop Inverted.

Photos:

	This is pretty much the whole wreck! The prop and rudder are towards the bottom.
For some reason I seem to like prop shots! It seems like the colorful sponges like the props, so that's probably why I like to protograph them!
	Stepping back a bit, here the prop and rudder. While this is not a terrible exciting wreck, I wonder what this might have been.

Nearby Attractions:

A few words of caution are due here!

While I believe that this data is fairly accurate, one must apply some common sense when using this data. If the point of origin is a coral head, you may have anchored at a slightly different spot than I did and your bearing to the next attraction could be slightly different than mine. I suggest checking with your own GPS before rolling in!

Also, know roughly how fast you swim so that you know approximately how long it should take to reach the next attraction. You can (and likely will) miss things from time-to-time and you should know when to abort and turn around before you are too far from your boat.

I strongly urge you to try the shorter swims first and build your navigation skills. I have set the cutoff distance for this table to 750 feet, but that is a considerable challenge even for the best navigators. An error of more than a few degrees in poor visibility and you can easily miss your destination at the extreme ranges!

From: GBR Rubble Wreck #2
Attraction	Distance (feet)	Bearing (deg mag)
GBR Coral Head	434	281
Bishop Upright	365	86
Britain Upright	728	242
Phu Maru	391	225
Curry/Zurick LCM	535	340
Burt Side	690	231
Hamel/Bishop Inverted	372	136
Bishop Inverted	328	90

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Fri Sep 3 01:53:22 UTC 2010