Shore Diving at the 125 Year Old Wreck of the Star of Greece

http://www.divingadelaide.com.au http://www.onlinedivegear.com.au South Australia really has it all. Where else can you simply walk in from the beach, swim out for a bit and dive a 125 year old historical shipwreck like the Star of Greece! After hearing so much about it, Brett, Denise and Ron went out for a very long dive on the wreck and the reef right next to it. The reef gets down to about 8 metres and is not a bad dive by itself (besides the usual suspects, we found two very uncommon nudibranchs, quite a few crabs, a flathead and some big schools of fish on the reef). After a nice and cruisy dive on the reef you get to the shipwreck, which actually covers quite a large area (the ship was an iron three master, so it must have been massive!) and there is heaps of life on it! There used to be a buoy on this wreck, which made it easy to find, but unfortunately that is gone now (November 2013). At low tide though, when we dived it, you can see one of the masts sticking out (only about 40 centimeters or so) which makes the wreck easy to locate. You can also keep heading north along the beach in about 3.5 metres of water and you will find it. The day we dived it we had beautiful visibility (about 10-15 metres on the reef and more above the sand). We didn't encounter any currents and the water temperature was around the 17 degrees Celsius. Video shot at Port Willunga South Australia 24/11/2013 (C) Ron van der Marel Divers: Ron van der Marel (Diving Adelaide Owner/Instructor) Denise Kuijlaars (Diving Adelaide Owner/Instructor) Brett Blackwell This video was shot using a GoPro HERO2 in a dive housing