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DURBAN

Durban, off Las Palmas, is a great dive for anyone into a good wreck with a bit of history. We love that it’s such a shallow dive, maxing out at 10 metres, so you get plenty of bottom time to really poke around. This old steamship went down in 1893, and over a century later, it’s a proper artificial reef. What you'll find here is the scattered remains of a 109-metre vessel, broken up but still giving you a strong sense of its former scale. The bow section is our favourite part, always a good spot for seeing schools of glinting barracuda circling overhead. Inside the boiler room, if you’re careful, you’ll often spot trumpetfish camouflaged against the dark metal, almost invisible until they shift. It’s an easy dive, perfect for photographers or newer wreck divers, letting you take your time to appreciate the way the light plays through the superstructure and illuminates the rusted plates. Just keep an eye on your buoyancy, those old metal edges are sharp.