Shipwreck Dive: St Anthony's Wreck
Maui is a place that is never short of adventurous options. So this day off I grabbed a tank and headed off to a nearby beach armed with a compass, directions of 240 degrees, and a mind set to find a new shipwreck, the St. Anthony's. The wreck is 65ft long in 70ft of water. It was sunk in 1997 as an artificial reef. Tires connected to cement blocks were sunk around the wreck to add to the reef and I hear that fish do use them as spawning grounds. You can see the tires lined up beside the wreck which is slightly tilted on its port side. You can penetrate the wrecks cargo hold and helm area although I was surprised to find a lack of invertebrate life which usually inhabits wrecks around the area. Maybe with more time the wreck will acquire more life. The big find of the dive came at the very end. After checking the outside hull, cargo bay, helm, and decks, I glanced at some exposed beams rising above the roof and saw the biggest frogfish I had ever seen. The fins and tail were...