Double Wreck.
An archaeological site holding the remains of two 18th-century trading ships, a short boat ride from the harbour. Little is left of the vessels beyond a scatter of coral- and sponge-encrusted ballast stones and two large anchors, set among sand patches and seagrass. It is a compact, beginner-level dive known for macro life and stingrays.
What's down there.
- Two large historic anchors
- Coral-encrusted ballast stones
- Sand patches and seagrass beds
- Cracks and small coral formations
- Southern stingrays
- Green turtles
- Lobsters
- Blennies living in an old anchor
- Cleaner shrimp
- Seahorses
- Frogfish
- Flying gurnards
About 18 m (60 ft) maximum per Scubaqua and Golden Rock Dive Center.
Open Water level; about a two-minute boat ride from the harbour. Small site suited to slow, close exploration.
How it got there.
The remains of two merchant (trading) ships that sank in the 18th century. Golden Rock Dive Center dates them to the late 1700s; Scubaqua describes them as having sunk nearly 300 years ago. Only ballast stones and two anchors remain; the wooden hulls have gone.
35 dives.
From the reconstructed log — the dates follow the pattern I dived, so read them as representative rather than exact.