Two scuba divers, namely Balaram Naidu and dive master Anil Kumar on December 21, 2018, spotted a rare 200 year old shipwreck below the sea surface in Bheemunipatnam, 45 km from Visakhapatnam.
-The wreck was located just six metres below the sea surface, that is why it can fascinate scuba divers of India.
-The scuba diving team found parrot fish, yellow back snappers, sweet lips, ribbonfish, moray eel and lion fish among other rich aqua life surrounding the shipwreck which can attract scuba divers.
-According to some scuba divers, perhaps this is the only wreck site in the world at such a shallow depth, making it accessible even to novice divers and non-swimmers.
Santhapalli rocks: The shipwreck is in the north of Bheemunipatnam where ‘Santhapalli rocks’ exist. It is an area that has previous records of ships sinking due to its dangerously rocky sea bed. The colonial British government built a light house at the Santhapalli coast in 1840.
What is scuba diving: SCUBA is a short form of Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus, which means, an equipment to allow us to breathe underwater. This diving method is the most extensively used system for breathing underwater by recreational divers throughout the world.
