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Anyone who has ever gone scuba diving knows what a mystical and powerful experience it can be. Observing marine life in its home is something you don't forget. Moreover, there's a peacefulness under the waves that you don't really find on dry land. Though it can sometimes seem a bit unreal, it's very soothing. But for those of you interested in a more exciting, challenging diving experience, consider wreck diving. This involves exploring the underwater resting place of a sunken ship and the chance to investigate its long-lost treasures.
Although you can wreck dive in many parts of the world, some of the best opportunities are available in Bermuda. The following are the best sites off Bermuda's coastlines.
Just off the northwestern coast of Bermuda are the remains of two ships which sank in exactly the same location, though 80 years separated them. The Montana — which sank on her maiden voyage — was an English steamer during the time of the Civil War that sank on December 30, 1863. Eighty years later, The Constellation met her demise at precisely the same spot, and her wreckage virtually overlaps that of the Montana. Today, schools of colorful fish make this heap of underwater ruins their home. Carrying a vast treasure trove of cargo — including china, pistachio nuts, religious artifacts, cosmetic supplies, 78 rpm records by RCA, tickets to Coney Island (printed in Spanish) and a plethora of other goods — what's left of the Constellation can be found just 30 feet beneath the water's surface, making for a very profitable dive, indeed. To this day, divers find abundant goods for the taking.
But both those ships pale in size compared to the Cristobal Colon, a Spanish luxury liner considered the biggest known shipwreck in the water off the coast of Bermuda. The ship ran aground of a large reef in 1936. There was time to remove the ship's most precious cargo—arts and furnishings. In fact, the ship didn't actually sink right then. It sat aground for a year until another ship, the Aristo, mistaking the Cristobal for a ship in distress, sailed over to help and also ran aground of the coral reef, ultimately sinking. Today the wreckage occupies a shallow patch in the water, with the remains of the Aristo nearby. Pieces of the ships are anywhere from 15 to 80 feet from the water's surface.
But these aren't the only viable wreck diving sites. Other locations include the Lartington, Southwest Breaker, Mary Celestia, Minnie Breslaur, The Hermes, The Xing Da Wreck, L-Herminie, The North Carolina, the Darlington, Rita Zovetta, The Taunton, Caraquet and Madiana, as well as the submerged remains of a B-29 bomber, commonly called 'The Airplane Wreck'.
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