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Vietnamese Wreck

The Vietnamese Wreck is less about dramatic structure and more about the slow, silent work of the ocean. It’s a fishing trawler, sunk in the late 70s, sitting upright on the sandy bottom. We tend to drop in the early morning; the thermocline can be a bit sharp around 20 metres, but the visibility usually stretches out further before the day boats arrive. As you descend, the wreck slowly emerges, a dark shape draped in fishing nets that have since become home to all sorts of critters. We always spend time finning around the bow, where the branch and leaf corals have taken a real hold. Look closely in the nooks and crannies – we've spotted some surprisingly large stonefish tucked away. Further along the deck, you’ll find plump black sea cucumbers and sandfish, like slow-motion vacuum cleaners. It’s a calm dive, typically no strong current, making it a good spot for newer wreck divers to practice buoyancy around a genuine piece of history. While we’ve never seen a whale shark here, the narrow-barred Spanish mackerel do cruise by occasionally, especially if you’re patient.