- Type
- Wreck
- Typical depth
- 75 m
- Level
- Technical
- Visibility
- 3–15 m
- Water temp
- 7–13 °C
- Current
- Variable
- Access
- Open access
- Min cert
- Full trimix + advanced wreck penetration. Routinely dived at 60–75 m with multi-stage decompression; known as the 'Mount Everest of wreck diving' for a reason — multiple fatalities every decade.
- Wreck
- Penetration
- Deep Wreck
- Trimix
- Cold Water
- Drysuit Required
- Low Visibility
- Overhead Environment
- Exposed Site
- Historic
When to dive
BestAvoidOK
Short North Atlantic dive window — typically July through September when seas off Nantucket are workable. Cold (~7–13 °C at depth) and frequently zero-visibility silt-out conditions inside the wreck.
40.4933° N, 69.8500° W
Notes
Italian ocean liner sunk 1956 after collision with MS Stockholm. 'Mt Everest of wreck diving' — cold, dark, deep, deteriorating.
Marine life
- Other
- continued structural collapse — known fatality site
- Reef fish
- cunner, cod, pollack
- Cephalopods
- longfin squid
- Invertebrates
- anemones, lobster, crab
Wreck
- Vessel
- SS Andrea Doria
- Class
- ocean liner
- Origin
- Italy
- Sunk
- 1956 — collision with MS Stockholm in fog, 25 Jul 1956
- Length
- 213 m
- Penetration
- Possible — with training
Dive clubs that visit this site
- Atlantic Wreck Salvage (D/V Tenacious)source
Point Pleasant Beach, NJ, USA · Day boat
- East Coast Wreck Diving (M/V Tempest)source
Freeport, NY, USA · Day boat
Sources
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