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#ShipwreckSaturday - Hilma Hooker, Bonaire.
#ShipwreckSaturday - Hilma Hooker, Bonaire.
With easily accessible wrecks like the Hilma Hooker, wreck diving doesn’t get much better than it is in Bonaire. This 236-foot (72-meter) freighter sits on her starboard side under 95 feet (28 meters) of water. Her history is an interesting one. In 1984, the ship and her crew were detained for drug smuggling. The owners of the boat never came forward, so the Hilma Hooker languished and eventually sank at an anchorage. Thankfully it landed on a sand flat between two coral reef systems. Very little penetration is possible, but with crystal clear visibility, the Hilma Hooker is a dive to remember.
Courtesy of PADI.