ATA - Tongatapu
The ATA wreck on Tongatapu offers a straightforward dive, sitting at a maximum depth of 19 meters. This vessel has been down for a while, so expect a good degree of colonisation; plenty of reef fish have made it home. While it’s a dangerous wreck, meaning penetration isn’t advisable, the exterior provides enough to explore for an hour. It’s a solid dive for those who enjoy poking around older wrecks and observing how nature reclaims them.
- Location
- Tongatapu, Tonga, Central & South Pacific
- Coordinates
- -21.129843, -175.163220
- Type
- wreck
- Maximum Depth
- 19m
Marine Protected Area: Pangaimotu Reef
Nearby Dive Sites in Tongatapu
- ATA - 18m (wreck)
- Hakau Mounu
- Hakau Tapu
- Hakau Ualanga 'Uta
- MARMER - 2m (wreck)
- NAM HAE (NO 225) - 0m (wreck)
Marine Life in Tongatapu
Home to 372 recorded species including 320 reef fish, 16 sea cucumbers, 13 hard corals, 11 sea snails & nudibranchs, 4 clams & mussels, 4 crabs & lobsters.
Notable Species
- Bristle-toothed Surgeonfish (Ctenochaetus striatus) - Reef Fish
- Blue-lined Tang (Zebrasoma scopas) - Reef Fish
- Bullethead Parrotfish (Chlorurus sordidus) - Reef Fish
- Blackspot Surgeonfish (Acanthurus nigrofuscus) - Reef Fish
- Schlegel's Parrotfish (Scarus schlegeli) - Reef Fish
- Parrotfish (Thalassoma lutescens) - Reef Fish
- Coral Beauty (Centropyge bispinosa) - Reef Fish
- Two-spot Bristletooth (Ctenochaetus binotatus) - Reef Fish
- Banded Goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus) - Reef Fish
- Redfin Butterflyfish (Chaetodon lunulatus) - Reef Fish
- Dusky Parrotfish (Scarus niger) - Reef Fish
- Floral wrasse (Cheilinus chlorourus) - Reef Fish
- Desjardin's Sailfin Tang (Zebrasoma velifer) - Reef Fish
- Rivulated Parrotfish (Scarus rivulatus) - Reef Fish
- Parrotfish (Thalassoma hardwicke) - Reef Fish
- Dot and dash Butterflyfish (Chaetodon pelewensis) - Reef Fish
- Onelined wrasse (Labrichthys unilineatus) - Reef Fish
- Wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) - Reef Fish
- Blackedge thicklip wrasse (Hemigymnus melapterus) - Reef Fish
- Roundhead Parrotfish (Scarus globiceps) - Reef Fish