Noula Express
Physical Data
and Notes

by Dave Gillings.
August 9, 2003

Dive Notes:

This is the first dive on this wreck for the PBCRRT. Wreck is broken up badly, with bow to the south and pointing toward the surface. The stern is on its port side with the wheelhouse broken away and laying to the east near small patch reefs. Mid-section of wreck is mix of sand and hull plates and ribs. Small two-man submersible is among the midship debris. Map team gets GPS readings on the bow, wheelhouse, and stern. Other team members reported sighting a loggerhead turtle to west of stern.





Physical Data

Weather

Partly Cloudy.
Air temp 83F
Wind from SE at 5-10 knots

Seas

2-3 ft. 

Current

to the South at 0.2 knots

Visibility

40 feet vertical,
40 feet horizontal at depth.

Max depth

78 feet.

Water temp

at bottom 82F

Time of Dive

Start: 8:50 a.m.
 End: 9:24 a.m.