Tauchplatz
Toa Maru
Gizo, Solomon Islands
- Typische Tiefe
- 30 m
- Typ
- Wrack
- Niveau
- Advanced
Meereslebewesen
- Macro
- nudibranchs, pipefish
- Sharks
- whitetip reef shark, occasional grey reef
- Reef fish
- lionfish, batfish, snapper, grouper, sweetlips
- Cephalopods
- octopus, reef squid
- Invertebrates
- coral and sponge encrusted hull, sea fans on superstructure
Wrack
- Schiff
- Toa Maru
- Klasse
- transport ship
- Herkunft
- Empire of Japan
- Gesunken
- 1943 — sunk by USS Searaven (American submarine) off Gizo, 25 Nov 1943
- Länge
- 153 m
- Penetration
- Möglich — mit Ausbildung
Eigenschaften
- Wreck
- Penetration
- Intact
- Artefacts In Situ
- Large Structure
- Overhead Environment
Beste Zeit
- Ideal
- Apr–Nov
- Vermeiden
- Jan–Feb
Toa Maru is one of the largest and most intact Japanese WWII transports in the Pacific — 153 m long, sitting on her starboard side in 12–40 m off Gizo. Solomon Islands climate is divable year-round; cyclone season (Jan–Mar) brings the only real disruption. Cargo holds still contain tanks, bicycles, sake bottles, and ammunition.
Bedingungen & Zugang
- Sicht
- 15–30 m
- Wassertemperatur
- 27–30 °C
- Strömung
- Mild
- Zugang
- Open access
- Mindeststufe
- Advanced Open Water + wreck specialty for penetration; Nitrox recommended
Standort
8.1000° S, 156.8333° E
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