Emon LCM

Local Name:

Emon LCM

Depth:

Depth is approximately 70 feet to the top and 90 feet to the sand.

Anchoring:

This is not a boat dive. This is only done from shore. From the float right outside the roped swimming area at Emon, swim out on a heading of 240. My time was about 9 minutes to the wreck. The "Toilet Bowl" is at about the half way point, so you can double check that you are on course 4 or 5 minutes into the swim.

Location:

Latitude Longitude
Degrees Minutes Seconds Degrees Minutes Seconds
8 44 24.600 167 43 55.200
8 44.41000 --------- 167 43.92000 ---------
8.74016 --------- --------- 167.73200 --------- ---------

Notes:

This appears to be an LCM-6. It is facing east and laying on its port side. There isn't too much of any interest here.

Photos:

Heading out to the wreck, this is your first view of the wreck.
Linda Fluke swims past the wreck. We are looking at the north side of the wreck and roughly facing Emon beach.
I believe that this is Doug Curry swimming over the wreck. Doug deserves the credit for bringing this wreck to my attention! Thanks Doug!

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: Emon LCM
AttractionDistance (feet)Bearing (deg mag)
Toilet Bowl 230 48
N-East 535 207


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Created by Dave Fortin

Fri Sep 3 01:51:43 UTC 2010