Spiegel Grove Dive Charter
As you descend on the 510 foot grove you get a dreamlike view of a wreck that appears to be cruising in the deep blue ocean depths and in that moment you know this will be a special dive.
Spiegel grove dive charter. Landing ship dock 32. 510 feet in length and greater than 80 feet across her beam she will usually require divers to make two dives just to see her outside structure. Just pick a date to preview dive locations 7 days from that date. Fascinating dive opportunity takes a turn for the better.
The dive unlike her younger cousin the usns vandenberg the spiegel grove is a fully developed reef ecosystem. To find out which dive charter boats are going to visit this site and others like it visit scuba schedules and navigate to either the upper keys scuba diving region or the lower keys scuba diving. Location of the ship at its final resting place. That was the hull number given to her by the us navy.
Diving the spiegel grove. You can now preview upcoming trips weeks or months in advance to help plan your trip. Scuba dive on the artificial reef wreck uss spiegel grove key largo florida keys. Spiegel grove arrives off key largo.
A diver and a friendly bar jack hover over the bow of the spiegel grove at a depth of 80 feet. Spiegel grove shipwreck am. Spiegel grove departs norfolk va. Spiegel grove captains choice.
The breathtakingly enormous spiegel grove nearly two football fields long is the grande dame of key largo wrecks. Spiegel grove was laid down on 7 september 1954 by the ingalls shipbuilding corp pascagoula miss launched on 10 november 1955. These guys called to booked last minute for a whole boat private charter on deeper so owner chris fueled her up quick owner jen grabbed her dive gear to guide these guys. Uscgc duane molasses.
Spiegel grove sailed for hampton roads and arrived at norfolk virginia on 7 july 1956 she headed for the guantanamo bay area on her shakedown cruise on. Thomas ran over to join in for a fun dive on his morning off. This morning at spiegel grove 2 awesome divers with excellent air control enjoyed perfect conditions and nice long bottom times. Hayes and commissioned on 8 june 1956 captain s.
Spiegel grove nautical chart. Special thanks to capt. Thick coral covers the huge cranes. All these factors coupled with the beauty that its ecosystem holds make exploring the spiegel grove a thrilling and truly memorable experience.