Mike T.
Thailand
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Nº220
Date: 2024-02-11 - 14:00
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Max Depth: 18.3m Duration: 48mins
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Jill Talvensaari
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Jill 122
Jill used 14lbs in Thailand
Boonsung Tin Dredger was intact when it sunk. Now it's a "pile of metal on the ocean floor" (per Maren). Visibility was pretty terrible, lost Maren at one point. Just Jill and I on this dive as the other couple had to stop due to their flight time the next day. Some cool nudibranchs and other life. Ok dive.
History:
The Boonsung Wreck was a sixty metre tin dredger used in the 1950s. But, it sank in 1984 about twelve (12) nautical miles from Thap Lamu pier.
She now rests on the flat dark brown sand of the seabed around seven (7) nautical miles (12km) west of Khao Lak scuba diving hub.
The tin mining vessel was still intact when it first hit the bottom of the sea around nineteen (19) metres below the surface. But, the Thai navy had to level out the wreckage because it had become a shipping hazard.
Thailand's worst natural disaster was the Asian tsunami 26th December 2004. As a result, the 'harbor wave' added further damage to the Boonsung boat and broke into several large pieces strewn around the sea floor.