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Seaplane
Wreck
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Dive
Site: Seaplane Wreck
Depth: 90-110 feet
Location: West Shore
Visibility: 40-80 feet
Level: Intermediate - Advanced
Sea Life: Crustaceans, Tropicals, Yellow Margin Morays, Viper
Morays, Goatfish, Pink tail Durgons, Milletseed Butterflyfish, Scorpion
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North
of the Mahi, directly off Poka'i Bay, lies a twin engine Beechcraft
nicknamed the Seaplane Wreck. It was sunk as an artificial reef
project and its bare fuselage lay within a horseshoe-shaped ridge
at 90 feet. The horizontal rear stabilizers are missing, the engines
and propellers have been removed and the inside of the cockpit has
been stripped - except for the instrument panel. A missing window
on the Pilot's side makes a good photographic set-up. The top of
the ridge is at a depth of 80 feet, which drops to a rubble base
and then slopes to a depth of 110 feet. The ledge has small cracks
and fissures that are home to crustaceans, tropicals and moray eels.
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Water
Temperature:
70/75 F, 21/24 C from November to April
75/80 F, 24/27 C from May to October
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