Dai Ni Hino Maru

The Dai Ni lies on a fairly steep incline with the now famous bow gun in less than 3m, while the stern is a lot deeper at 20m. Apart from the bow gun there is a lot to see on this wreck albeit spread out and difficult to find. However the searching is half the fun and the shallow depth gives good long bottom times. In fact on our first visit we didn't even get to the "deep end" as we spent all our time searching the bow section. There is some great fish life on and around the wreck.

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The Dai Ni suffered huge damage during the attack; only the bow and the gun remain distinguishable, the rest of the vessel is completely destroyed. There is no deck, holds, bridge...or anything else...just the sides of the vessel and complete destruction within. The doesn't have much growth, however it is interesting to note that Lindemann says there was no growth on the barrel. However there is now a large coral growth on the end of the barrel - this has clearly grown in the last 20 years. A small section of the anchor chain is still intact and hangs from the hawse hole, while the anchor lies on the sand a little way in front of the wreck.