MATHEW LAWRENCE WRECK
Verenigde Staten, Florida
The Mathew Lawrence is a 33.5-meter barge that was sunk in 1995 as part of the Dade County Artificial Reef Program. The ship lies shallow and is sometimes visible from the surface. This makes it an ideal wreck for unexperienced divers and snorkelers. The wreck is named after Mathew Lawrence who died in July 1992 while diving the Andrea Doria. He was a renowned underwater videographer and specialist in underwater housings.
Particulars
De Mathew Lawrence can be reached by boat. The wreck lies upside down on the seabed in an east-west direction. Not far from the Mathew Lawrence is dive site Army Wrecks. This is an artificial reef consisting of two old M-60 army tanks from the Vietnam War surrounded by 1060 tons of limestone rocks.
Warnings
Watch out for pleasure boats at Mathew Lawrence Wreck.
MATHEW LAWRENCE WRECK Features
- Nicknames
- Number Seven Wreck,Wrek Trek
- Address
- Miami Beach, Florida, USA
- Parking
- At boat charter
- Distance
- 30 min.
- Suitable for
- All levels, scuba diving practice, snorkeling
- Permit
- N.v.t. / NA
- Access
- Free access
- Facilities
- Boat dive facilities
- Water
- Salt
- Kind of dive
- Boat dive, wreck dive
- Current
- Limited
- Visibility
- 10 - 30 m.
- Average visibility
- 20 m.
- Depth
- 15 m.
- Bottom
- zand
- Life
- Grouper, lobster, moray
- Other recreation
- Boating, yachting
Current weather conditions
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