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  • Nº91 # Date: 2014-03-09 - 10:08
  • # Max Depth: 37.9m Duration: 41mins
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The Yong Hua chinese Wreck

A big cargo ship which sank around the end of the 1990s.

Maximum depth 42m – Minimum depth 28m
Certification requirements: Advanced Open Water Diver.

The wreck lies on a flat sandy bottom and usually gets strong currents, which you hardly notice once you reach the bottom and find yourself protected by the wreck. Because the sand is blown around by the current the visibility is sometimes no more than a few meters.

So why would people still want to dive here? The challenge of diving deep in different conditions as well as the great atmosphere of this divesite makes it well worthwhile! There’s a good chance to see giant barracudas as well as big schools of fusiliers and snappers. There are always lionfish suspended over the wreck and you may find some scorpionfish.

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  • Temp: Surf 30°C Bottom 27°C
  • Dive type : Training, Wreck
  • Visibility: Bad Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • BCD: Aqualung - Axiom i3
  • Camera: Sony - AS15
  • Computer: Uwatec - Galileo
  • Dive skin: Shark Skin -
  • Regulator: Aqualung - Legend
  • Wet suit: Aqualung -
  • Weights: 1 kg
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  • 12L Steel     192 → 69 bar
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  • Average depth: 15.5m
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