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Dive #347 · Tuesday, 17 October 2017
The Marcus (the tile wreck)
Abu Nuhas, Strait of Gubal The Strait of Gubal
- Day 5 of 6 · Egypt Oct 2017 →
- First of 4 dives that day(also #348 Umm Gamar, #349 Gota Abu Ramada, #350 Gota Abu Ramada)
- deeper than 74 % of all dives
- longer than 75 % of all dives
- Max depth
- 21.7 m
- Avg depth
- 13.2 m
- Bottom time
- 66 min
- SAC
- 7.2 l/min11.1 L · 210→110 bar
- Surface
- 25 °C
- Air
- 25 °C
Kit
- Gas
- Nitrox 32 · measured 29 %
- Cylinder
- D80
- Pressure
- 210 → 110 bar
- Mode
- Open circuit
- Suit
- Egypte 17: Alu80, drysuit, 2 kg lood, steel HP, thermo-ondergoed
- Conditions
- Perfect
Where
The Marcus (the tile wreck)
The fourth Abu Nuhas wreck, loaded with Italian floor tiles — and the one whose name is genuinely unsettled, with the log's "Marcus" arguably the better answer than the usual "Chrisoula K".
The only dive here
With
On the map
The Marcus
No route marked
- Entry / exit
- Wreck
- Container
- Machinery
- Other object
- Dive path
- Wall / drop-off
- Wreck footprint
- Depth
Map © divelog-sites contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0 · 53edcaf
Plan: penetration to a maximum of 1/3. First we visited the engine room (against the rules). It was said to be fairly silty and cramped; both are true, but that also means fewer divers have been in and there is still a lot of detail to see. There are spare parts in cabinets, a spanner on the floor and hoses and cables everywhere. Very cool. The holds were full of granite tiles; some stacks had toppled and every tile said "made in Italy". The galley had a big stove and the workshop was well equipped with a lathe and a pillar drill. Absolutely brilliant dive!