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RFA ENNERDALE

The RFA Ennerdale, a behemoth of a tanker, hit a submerged object and went down in 1970. She lies broken now, but what a dive. At 28 metres, it’s a site for advanced divers, no question, but the rewards are huge. We love descending onto the deck and seeing the sheer scale of the thing – 216 metres long, she just keeps going. The stern is our favourite part; you can often spot large groupers patrolling the propeller shafts, and the deck plates here are home to a vibrant community of scorpionfish and nudibranchs. We've seen schools of snapper circling the superstructure, and the occasional silvertip shark glides by in the blue. Exploring the open cargo holds gives you a real sense of the ship’s past, sunlight piercing through the rust-eaten metal, creating an almost cathedral-like effect. Visibility can vary, but on a good day, you get incredible views of the whole wreck, a metal mountain on the sand. It’s a proper wreck dive, a chance to really feel the history and see how marine life reclaims man-made structures.