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REGGESTROOM (PROBABLY)

The Reggestroom, or what we believe to be the Reggestroom, is a serious dive, dropping to 53 metres. It’s a huge steamship, torpedoed in 1942, and despite the depth, it’s remarkably intact in places. We love the sheer scale of the thing. You can swim down the hull, feeling the immense presence of a vessel caught mid-voyage. For those comfortable with deeper dives, you'll find the wreck well-colonised. We've seen conger eels coiled in crevices, their thick bodies camouflaged against the dark metal. Lobsters are plentiful, tucked into the remains of the superstructure, and if you’re patient, small schools of pouting dart through the interior spaces where the deck has collapsed. Our favourite tip is to look for the prop shaft tunnel, it’s often a highway for larger fish moving through the wreck. It's a dive that rewards careful exploration rather than a quick look, suiting experienced wreck divers with the right gas and training. The visibility can be challenging, but on a good day, the silhouette of the ship against the gloom is genuinely striking.