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UGANDA

The MV *Uganda* isn’t your typical deep, dark wreck. Instead, she’s a beautiful, broken lady, beached shallow enough that you can practically wade to her at low tide. We’re talking a maximum depth of 10 metres, so this is a fantastic wreck dive for newer divers or those who just want to spend an hour poking around without the pressure of a bottom timer. She was an old passenger vessel, later an educational cruise ship and even a hospital ship in her long life, eventually towed here for scrapping in '89. A typhoon had other plans, though, gifting her to Kenting’s shallows. What we love about the *Uganda* is how much of her remains accessible; you can explore vast sections of the hull, the huge propeller, and even parts of the superstructure that breach the surface. Sunlight streams through gaps in the metal, illuminating schools of snapper and fusiliers that dart through the corridors. The visibility here can be great, especially on an incoming tide. Look closely in the nooks and crannies for resident moray eels and lionfish. Our pick for a perfect dive here is first thing in the morning before the crowds, watching the light change over her rusted skeleton.