New Reef?

[medicdiver]

What's the story on the new ship they sunk of the coast of Texas? I caught the tell end of a news clip and was curious what everyone knows.

[texdiveguy]

Scuba Instructor Training - American Diving - Diving the South Texas waters of the Gulf of Mexico

[aggie99]

Guess I need to sign up for Scubatoys Wreck I course.

[texdiveguy]

Originally Posted by aggie99

Guess I need to sign up for Scubatoys Wreck I course.

You could take it through American Diving while doing your dives on the Clipper.

[aggie99]

Originally Posted by texdiveguy

You could take it through American Diving while doing your dives on the Clipper.

Good point, I might have to do that.

[medicdiver]

Cool!!! Thanks for the post. It looks like I'm gonna have to make a trip of it someday soon.

[BSea]

WOW, the prices seem pretty steep. Is is far offshore? I'd like to dive the wreck, but that's much higher than diving the Spiegle grove & other wrecks in Key Largo.

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[texdiveguy]

[quote=BSea;94308]WOW, the prices seem pretty steep. Is is far offshore? I'd like to dive the wreck, but that's much higher than diving the Spiegle grove & other wrecks in Key Largo.

This is 'not' a wreck, it is an artificial reef that happens to be a gutted ship....two different things. :-)

It is approx. 17 miles off the shore line.

Cost.... almost nothing in scuba is inexpensive.

[BSea]

Originally Posted by texdiveguy

This is 'not' a wreck, it is an artificial reef that happens to be a gutted ship....two different things. :-)

It is approx. 17 miles off the shore line.

Cost.... almost nothing in scuba is inexpensive.

Ok, the distance is nearly 3 times the Spiegle Grove distance. That does explain it a bit. I'm just wondering if there is enough diving to make this worth a vacation? Are there other "Artificial Reefs" in the area, and what about regular reefs? I know there are rigs to dive, but diving the "Artificial Reef" and a few rigs doesn't seem like enough to justify a trip.

You're right, everything in scuba is expensive. That's why dollar for dollar, the keys or even cozumel makes more sense than 3 or 4 days diving the Texas Clipper. Now if I lived closer, and could make a weekend trip, I'd do it for sure.

[aggie99]

Originally Posted by texdiveguy

This is 'not' a wreck, it is an artificial reef that happens to be a gutted ship....two different things. :-)

Most wrecks above 100' become reefs regardless of why they sunk. Even though it was intentionally sunk for reef purposes and preped prior to sinking it is a huge ship and I am sure a very technical penetration wreck. It would be very easy to get lost in that ship. Does anyone know if they have welded open or removed all the interior doors?