One thing I didn’t know about shipwrecks until I started diving was the beauty of life it can create, after death. Coral grows quite abundantly on shipwrecks due to the conditions the structure provides, and therefore attracts fish and so much marine life. Nature teaches us that good can come from evil, and that even when you think something is destroyed forever, it is actually an opportunity to be reborn. 🪸
WW2 Japanese shipwreck dives I did in Coron, Philippines:
1. In this video I am freediving to Skeleton Wreck.
2. I highly recommend it Mozaran Maru (~25 meters deep), one of the cooooollest wreck dives ever. You literally descend through a bomb hole and have to navigate the bowels of the ship with a flashlight (much of it in the dark)… a truly exciting adventure. Once you get to the top of the ship you will see the most beautiful cabbage corals – my FAVORITE coral ever. My gopro died so I don’t have any footage of this, but it will live on in my heart forever.
3. Olympia Maru (~30 meters deep) is a ship the size of an American football field! It took a long time to swim around it! Visibility isn’t great here, so I didn’t see the whole ship at once, but maybe that’s a good thing because the emotional impact may have given me a heart attack, ha.
4. Lusong Gunboat (~50 ft deep) was at the shallower end making it more visible.
Diving and history are 2 of my obsessions/fascinations outside of work. I’m so lucky to be able to experience a piece of history by literally…diving deep into it. How cool is that.
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