Florida mystery shipwreck

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barney

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Yesterday we explored an unidentified wreck in 290 feet of water off Sebastian. It appears to be an approximately 250-foot-long American freighter lost in World War II. This area of Florida is extremely dynamic and you never know what kind of conditions you will get. Fortunately, we had stellar conditions. There was the standard 3 knot surface current to the north, but only a 1/2-3/4 knot current to the west on the bottom, with a pleasant 63F water temperature.
Abundant marine life and a cool wreck covered in Oculina coral -- and there were zero lionfish! We are seeing more and more deep wrecks with few or no lionfish this year...hopefully something is going on to thin the horde.
Hope you enjoy the video!

https://youtu.be/CLAjrKlffMA

Cheers,
Mike
 
Nice video Mike.

The cylindrical objects next to the gun at 5:15 - are they shells for the gun? They looked a little large but the distortion of size with a wide-angle lens could be deceptive.

Andy
 
Great stuff. It must be awesome to dive virgin ship wrecks! Kinda like connecting two massive cave systems...
Does it get better than that?


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