City of Richmond
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About this site
City of Richmond is a five-deck passenger ship wreck located off the coast near Wilmington, North Carolina, that sank during a storm while being towed to the Virgin Islands. The wreck sits at a maximum depth of 50 feet (15 metres), making it one of the shallower wreck dives in the area.
The wreck hosts healthy populations of grouper, snapper, and triggerfish throughout the structure. Its shallow depth makes it a practical spearfishing site for less experienced spearfishers targeting those species.
City of Richmond is rated as an intermediate experience level dive, though the shallow depth keeps it accessible to a wide range of divers. Visibility is generally good at this site.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
GrouperGrouperReported here · unconfirmed
SnapperSnapperReported here · unconfirmed
TriggerfishTriggerfishReported here · unconfirmed
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