A Really Big One

It wasn?t the Hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) sighted three times. It wasn?t the huge Bumphead parrotfish (Bolbometopon muricatum) herding their youngsters around the reef. It wasn?t the belligerent Titon trigger (Balistoides viridescens)guarding her nest. And it wasn?t even the Giant moray (Gymnothorax javanicus) that shocked me while diving Gorontalo?s City Limits dive site. In fact, if the visibility had not been 30 meters, I would never have seen it. Upon initial descent, I easily found the metal beams, heavily encrusted with coral, that we have long known were there. But that fine morning for diving in Sulawesi, I could see down the long beams hanging off the wall. And there in deeper water away from the wall was a white line: the bottom of a sunken ship! Those Bumphead parrotfish were swimming cartwheels around its highest point in 26 meters of water. Is this the rumored tanker that sank 15 years ago? It is certainly big enough to be. Will you be among the first to dive Gorontalo?s newest wreck and explore its mysteries?