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Dive Report: 10/30/04 Brandy Wine, Miguana, Etoile De Mer

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Blue water and no current made it easy to change Jody’s mind from scootering the Lakeland Debris Field to hitting the three Customs Reefs. Andrea gave us a perfect drop on the Brandy Wine.

 

Brandy Wine



Brandy Wine is the biggest of the three wrecks at 120ft. All three wrecks lay in 145 ft of water. There were Black Grouper all over the wreck, a fouled anchor with line and huge school of Horse Eye Jacks off the stern

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Bow, looking to stern. She has a bow wheelhouse and stern engine room.

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Stern view

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Besides the engine room, there is a metal mesh protecting her screw from entanglements.

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Miguana



The stern of the Brandy Wine leads to the stern of the Miguana heading west. She looks like a small cargo freighter. Her hold in the middle of the ship has a square pattern to it that makes her easy to recognize. She has a lot of penetration potential and large engine still in place.

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Bridge, starboard side

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Bridge, starboard side, near the stern.

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Starboard side cargo area

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Etoile De Mer



Continuing east, the bow of the Miguana will lead you to the bow of the Etoile De Mer. She is the smallest of the wrecks at about 80ft in the shape of a fishing vessel. She offers limited penetration but a great profile and view.

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Stern view

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Port Side

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Port Side Bridge

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All three wrecks have been down for just over three years. The surfaces of the wrecks are completely covered with some larger soft corals started to form.

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- Matt

 

 
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