LE SERPENT 16A
Nederland, Zeeland
Le Serpent is a famous dive wreck in the Netherlands. It's a concrete towing ship, lying at a depth between 19 and 29 meters and inhabited by seals. Unfortunately, visibility is often limited to a few meters or less. Le Serpent was sank in June 2011 in Scharendijke. This didn't go according to plan. Le Serpent sank deeper than 16 meters, which was originally the intention. Experienced wreck divers only.
Particulars
Swim from the jetty at dive site Scharendijke to one of the buoys marking the wreck (course 330°). Then descend along the buoy line and attach your reel (mandatory). Always bring a dive light and at least a spare one. Name: Le Serpent. Type: Concrete towing ship Cargo: Coals. Weight: 525 ton. Year: 1920. Length: 57 m. Width: 10 m. Depth deck: 23 m. Depth wheelhouse: 21 m. Lowest point: 29 m. Submerged as dive wreck: 8 juli 2011.
Warnings
Le Serpent is only suitable for experienced wreck divers. Thorough preparation and dive planning is required. Reel mandatory. All safety instructions on the Le Serpent website. Fast swirling sediment. Avoid the dive-free zone and stay away from the fishin
LE SERPENT Divemaps 3
- Divers Guide Map
- Detailed map
- Wreck map
- Local map
Distribution is illegal
LE SERPENT Features
- Nicknames
- Duikwrak Le Serpent, De Serpent
- Address
- Haven Kloosternol 3, 4322 AK Scharendijke
- Parking
- Paid parking, sufficient parking paid parking on quay
- Distance
- 150 m.
- Suitable for
- Experienced wreck divers , technical diving
- Permit
- N.v.t. / NA
- Access
- Free access
- Facilities
- Jetty, toilet, stairs, small bench, picknick table , electric car charging station
- Water
- Salt
- Tide
- N.v.t.
- Kind of dive
- Shore dive
- Current
- None
- Visibility
- 0, 5 - 3 m.
- Average visibility
- 1, 5. m.
- Depth
- 29 m.
- Bottom
- zand, sediment
- Life
- Anemone, plumose anemone, crab, lobster, plaice, plaice, weed, sea squirt, seal, spider crab, nudibranch, north sea crab
- Other recreation
- None
- Emergency
- 112