The Ark of Jesus Christ.
The Ark of Jesus Christ is a 27 m wooden Spanish fishing boat sunk in 1994 as part of the Camp Bay artificial reef project. Her wooden hull has almost completely rotted away, but the metal superstructure still stands clear of the seabed in 19 m of water.
I knew her as the Arc de Jesus Christ.
What's down there.
- Metal superstructure standing clear of the seabed
- Collapsed bow
- Remains of a rotted wooden hull
- Part of the Camp Bay artificial reef
- Octopus
- Cuttlefish
- Conger and moray eels
- Nudibranchs
- Spider crabs and common lobster
- Mixed reef fish
Seabed 19 m
Seabed at 19 m in the Camp Bay area. Divegib describes the site as suitable for divers of all levels.
How it got there.
Wooden Spanish fishing boat, 27 m long. She was deliberately sunk in 1994 as part of the Camp Bay artificial reef project, and the Helping Hand Trust places her below Parson's Lodge. Build date, builder and tonnage are not recorded in the sources found.
37 dives.
From the reconstructed log — the dates follow the pattern I dived, so read them as representative rather than exact.