Wreck Dives at Subic Bay

New York- This is one of the most exciting wreck dives in the area. The New York was built in the U.S. in the year 1891. The ship was scuttled by the Americans during WW2 in 1942 when the Japanese made a full attack. The New York lays on its port side in 27 meters of water. This wreck offers a great dive for Advanced divers to full technical divers. There is so much to see such as the large guns with passage ways all the way down to the engine room. The visibility can range from 5-15 meters depending on the day. There is normally quite a variety of marine life to be seen such as bat fish, barracudas and even a manta ray. Don't forget to bring your camera!!!!!

LST- This wreck lays in around 34 meters of water, a slight bit deeper then some of the others. The wreck has some very large cargo passage way that go most of the way from stern to the bow. Around the stern of the wreck that has been damaged the most has some of the best marine life to see. The viz is usually quite good on this wreck where on a real good day you could probable see 30 meters. This wreck is again quite good for either recreational or technical divers. For those that are qualified there are some interested passage ways that go down each side of the wreck from.

El Capitan- The El Captain is a small freighter that is now located over by the Marine Park. The wrecks stern is at 5 meters and the bow is at around 24 meters. There is a lot of places you are able to swim through that are quite open. On this sight you can get a lot of bottom time since the wreck is so shallow. The visibility can vary any where from 5-20 meters and this wound depend which time of the year it is. If you look closely enough you can see some large lobsters crawling around on the steel structure.

Oryoku Maru- This wreck was also named the “ HELL SHIP”. Approximately 1600 U.S. POW and family had died when another U.S aircraft had bombed it. The wreck is quite near to the pier and in quite shallow waters of 20 meters. The wreck itself was a hazard to other wrecks pulling into the pier so it had to be torn down more. On this wreck it is possible to see barracuda’s plus some clown fish.

Siam Maru- The Siam Maru lays in 27 meters of water on its port side. The length of this ship is approximately 100 meters long and laying on the ships port side. The Japanese cargo ship was sunk by the U.S. military in 1945. With the size of this wreck you can spend many dives just exploring around.

For the technical divers we do have some other wrecks for you. For instance there is a F4 fighter jet in 42 meters of water. The F4 was There are other wrecks in the bay that are quite impressive that are for the technical damaged beyond repair and was pushed of the side of a U.S aircraft carrier. AT 72 meters there is a invader bomber returning back from Vietnam on its way to Clark air base but never made it.

All together there are around 29 wrecks found in the area. We are still out searching for more wrecks every chance we get.