Dive site
USS Spiegel Grove
Key Largo, Florida, USA
- Typical depth
- 30 m
- Type
- Wreck
- Level
- Advanced
Notes
155 m landing ship dock scuttled 2002.
Marine life
- 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
Wreck
- Vessel
- USS Spiegel Grove (LSD-32)
- Class
- Thomaston-class dock landing ship
- Origin
- United States
- Sunk
- 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)
- Length
- 155 m
- Penetration
- Possible — with training
Site features
- Wreck
- Penetration
- Artificial Reef
- Intact
- Large Structure
- Goliath Grouper Aggregation (Aug–Sep)
When to dive
- Best
- May–Sep
- Avoid
- 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 & access
- Visibility
- 15–30 m
- Water temp
- 22–29 °C
- Current
- Moderate
- Access
- Open access
- Min cert
- Advanced Open Water + Nitrox recommended; wreck specialty for penetration
Location
25.0683° N, 80.3017° W
Sources
Curated from 1 source
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