Maine
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About this site
The Maine is a steamship wreck lying less than a nautical mile off Bolt Head. The 3,600-tonne ship came to rest after a torpedo strike to its port side, and it sits upright on a white sandy seabed with the deck at 22 metres and the stern at 34 metres. It was first dived in 1961.
Water clarity is good and the wreck is reasonably intact, apart from amidships where it has collapsed. The fore and aft holds are filled with fish, with plenty of tompot blennies and schools of bib, along with lobsters, crabs, scallops and an old conger at the bow.
The current is strong, so this is a slack-water dive. At springs it should be dived two hours after high water or two and a half hours after low water.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Keeled TubewormSpirobranchus triqueterReported here · unconfirmed
Dwarf Brittle StarAmphipholis squamataReported here · unconfirmed
Green Sea UrchinPsammechinus miliarisReported here · unconfirmed
WobbegongWobbegongReported here · unconfirmed
Napoleon (humphead) wrasseNapoleon (humphead) wrasseReported here · unconfirmed
Bumphead parrotfishBumphead parrotfishReported here · unconfirmed
BarracudaBarracudaReported here · unconfirmed
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