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Mercurius

We love Mercurius for the sheer sense of immersion it offers. This tugboat, sunk deliberately alongside Saveiros and Taurus, rests upright at 28 metres, remarkably intact. You can duck into the control room, peer down at the propeller, and even fin your way into the engine room. It’s a proper exploration, not just a fly-by. Inside the wreck, the light filters in, illuminating schooling grunts and squirrelfish, while out on the deck, we often see thick schools of jacks swirling, sometimes so dense they momentarily block the sun. Look closely and you'll spot orangespotted filefish picking their way across the superstructure, and we’ve had some cracking encounters with great barracudas hanging motionless in the blue. Keep an eye on the sand around the wreck too, as nurse sharks often snooze there. Visibility averages a clear 21 metres, making this an ideal site for those comfortable with wreck penetration and who appreciate a wreck teeming with life.