Car Wrecks

Car Wrecks is a sandy muck-diving site centered on two intentionally sunken small cars that act as artificial reef habitat. The site is valued for macro photography and critter hunting rather than coral growth; concrete pipes, steel boxes and the car hulls on a sand-and-seagrass slope provide shelter for numerous small animals. Divers descend a gently sloping white sand bottom from a shore entry at a nearby beach, following a down-the-line route into deeper water. The shallow limit is only a few metres and the bottom reaches about 25–30 m where the cars sit. Visibility is typically 10–15 m and water temperatures are roughly 27–31 °C. Currents are light to moderate and the site is usually calm, not a drift dive; silt on the sand can reduce visibility so lights are commonly used. Nitrox is sometimes recommended to maximize bottom time; Open Water divers are generally limited to the upper slope (above ~18–20 m) while exploring the wrecks normally requires Advanced Open Water. There are no significant overhead environments and the site is flat; taking or touching marine life is prohibited within the marine park. The wrecks are two small car hulls intentionally sunk as artificial structures sitting around 25–30 m depth. They are intact enough for divers to swim around and through and serve as the primary focus and shelter for many of the site’s macro species.