Site de plongée
Chuuk Lagoon, Micronesia
San Francisco Maru
Profondeur typique
63m
- Type
- Épave
- Profondeur typique
- 63 m
- Niveau
- Technical
- Visibilité
- 15–30 m
- Température
- 28–30 °C
- Courant
- Mild
- Accès
- Open access
- Niveau requis
- Trimix recommended; the deck is at ~50 m and the holds at ~58–62 m. Cargo includes mines, depth charges and aircraft bombs — touching nothing is not optional.
- Wreck
- Deep Wreck
- Trimix
- Penetration
- Historic
- Overhead Environment
- Tanks On Deck
- War Grave
Quand plonger
IdéalÀ éviterCorrect
Chuuk dives best in dry season. Lagoon is sheltered, so weather is rarely the constraint. The deeper Marus (San Francisco, Nippo, Aikoku) sit too deep for routine recreational profiles and are the marquee tec dives of the lagoon.
7.3597° N, 151.8717° E
Notes
'Million Dollar Wreck' — Japanese armed cargo with three Type 95 Ha-Go tanks on deck, mines, trucks. Trimix-grade depths.
Faune marine
- Other
- three Type 95 Ha-Go light tanks on deck — the wreck's signature image
- Corals
- soft coral on the masts and king posts
- Sharks
- grey reef shark, occasional whitetip
- Reef fish
- lionfish, batfish, glassfish
Épave
- Navire
- San Francisco Maru
- Classe
- armed Japanese cargo ship
- Origine
- Imperial Japan
- Coulé
- 1944 — US Navy aerial bombing during Operation Hailstone, 17–18 Feb 1944
- Longueur
- 117 m
- Pénétration
- Possible — avec formation
Clubs de plongée qui visitent ce site
- Master Liveaboardssource
Red Sea, Egypt · Croisière
- Odyssey Adventures Truk Lagoonsource
Chuuk Lagoon, Federated States of Micronesia · Croisière
- Truk Stop Hotel & Dive Centersource
Weno, Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia · Centre de plongée
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