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Garota

Garota, just off Mar del Plata, is one of our favourite dives in Argentina, especially for newer wreck divers. It’s shallow, only six metres, so you get incredible bottom time. The stern of the wreck, a fishing trawler that went down in the 80s, is the most intact section, still upright and surprisingly substantial. You can swim around the prop and rudder, feeling the slight surge, then move into the collapsed mid-section where the hold once was. What we love here is how the metal framework has become an apartment block for marine life. Look closely and you’ll spot crabs tucked into every nook and cranny, and small schools of silversides flitting through the skeletal remains of the superstructure. Visibility can be a bit variable, but on a good day, when the sun filters down, the rust colours glow. We’d suggest going at high tide; it tends to be calmer and the entry from the boat is a bit easier. It’s a gentle introduction to wreck diving, letting you get comfortable with overhead environments without any real penetration.