TEAM STAR - Kenting National Park
The *Team Star*, formerly the *Yoshu Maru No. 12*, rests upright at 60 meters off Kenting, a substantial bulk carrier sunk after a collision in 1993. Dropping down, you'll find her intact and surprisingly accessible, considering the depth. We've spent time exploring her bridge and cargo holds, now home to clouds of fusiliers and the occasional larger pelagic cruising by in the blue. It’s a serious deep dive, definitely for experienced wreck enthusiasts with appropriate training and gas planning. The sheer scale of the 75-meter vessel makes for an impressive dive, though visibility can vary depending on the currents.
- Location
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan, East Asia
- Coordinates
- 23.600000, 119.966670
- Type
- wreck
- Maximum Depth
- 60m
Marine Protected Area: 嘉義縣鰲鼓野生動物重要棲息環境
Nearby Dive Sites in Kenting National Park
- ANGEL - 50m (wreck)
- ASIAN MARINER - 36m (wreck)
- Banana Bay (reef)
- Beauty Hole
- Ceasars Rock
- Chia Ming - 1m (wreck)
- CHIEN-NAN NO 10 - 34m (wreck)
- CHIN HUNG - 35m (wreck)
- Feed Fish Area
- FV LIEN CHUN FA NO.6 - 28m (wreck)
- GOOD UNION (POSSIBLY). - 19m (wreck)
- HAI AN (POSSIBLY) - 15m (wreck)
- HM FOUNDATION - 0m (wreck)
- Hojie
- Hong-Chai
Nearest Dive Centres to TEAM STAR
- A Whale Man - SSI
- Azure Journey Dive - SSI
- CJ Bluebay Dive Resort - ["PADI"]
- Dive New World Center - ["PADI"]
- Drifters’ Diving Club
- Enjoy Islands Diving Center - ["PADI"]
Marine Life in Kenting National Park
Home to 546 recorded species including 442 reef fish, 75 hard corals, 9 sharks & rays, 6 sea cucumbers, 5 sea snails & nudibranchs, 3 other.
Notable Species
- Giant trevally (Caranx ignobilis) - Reef Fish
- Common Ponyfish (Leiognathus equula) - Reef Fish
- Malabar grouper (Epinephelus malabaricus) - Reef Fish
- Estuary Cod (Epinephelus coioides) - Reef Fish
- Fluorescence grass coral (Galaxea fascicularis) - Hard Corals
- Honeycomb coral (Favites abdita) - Hard Corals
- Lesser valley coral (Platygyra lamellina) - Hard Corals
- Montipora coral (Montipora venosa) - Hard Corals
- Coral Blenny (Istiblennius edentulus) - Reef Fish
- Closed brain coral (Leptoria phrygia) - Hard Corals
- Black-lined Blenny (Istiblennius lineatus) - Reef Fish
- Brain coral (Platygyra daedalea) - Hard Corals
- Lesser star coral (Cyphastrea microphthalma) - Hard Corals
- Cauliflower coral (Pocillopora verrucosa) - Hard Corals
- Brain coral (Platygyra sinensis) - Hard Corals
- Spine coral (Hydnophora exesa) - Hard Corals
- Stony coral (Porites lutea) - Hard Corals
- Larger star coral (Favites pentagona) - Hard Corals
- Starflower coral (Astreopora myriophthalma) - Hard Corals
- Encrusting pore coral (Montipora aequituberculata) - Hard Corals