Site de plongée
USS Spiegel Grove
Key Largo, Florida, USA
- Profondeur typique
- 30 m
- Type
- Épave
- Niveau
- Advanced
Notes
155 m landing ship dock scuttled 2002.
Faune marine
- Rays
- spotted eagle ray
- Sharks
- occasional bull shark, nurse shark
- Turtles
- loggerhead, green
- Reef fish
- goliath grouper, barracuda, snapper, jack, grunts
- Invertebrates
- coral and sponge growth on hull
Épave
- Navire
- USS Spiegel Grove (LSD-32)
- Classe
- Thomaston-class dock landing ship
- Origine
- United States
- Coulé
- 2002 — scuttled as artificial reef (premature sinking upside-down 17 May 2002; righted onto starboard side June 2002; pushed fully upright onto keel by Hurricane Dennis Jul 2005)
- Longueur
- 155 m
- Pénétration
- Possible — avec formation
Caractéristiques du site
- Wreck
- Penetration
- Artificial Reef
- Intact
- Large Structure
- Goliath Grouper Aggregation (Aug–Sep)
Quand plonger
- Idéal
- May–Sep
- À éviter
- Dec–Feb
Warmest water and calmest seas late spring through early autumn. Hurricane season (Jun–Nov) can disrupt access. Sank prematurely upside-down in May 2002, righted onto her starboard side in June 2002, and was pushed fully upright onto her keel by Hurricane Dennis in July 2005 — her originally intended position.
Conditions & accès
- Visibilité
- 15–30 m
- Température
- 22–29 °C
- Courant
- Moderate
- Accès
- Open access
- Niveau requis
- Advanced Open Water + Nitrox recommended; wreck specialty for penetration
Emplacement
25.0683° N, 80.3017° W
Sources
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