Mélange Travel & Lifestyle Magazine April 2017 | Page 235

The “Shakem” was a 180 foot cargo
ship and transported cement sacks
from Trinidad to Saint George’s. This
wreck is on the sheltered Caribbean
side of the island and sank in 2000.
The report of her sinking says that
the load shifted due to heavy seas
and she started to take on water
and sunk. She now sits completely
upright in 30m of water, but this
doesn’t stop divers wishing to stay
shallower from visiting her decks at
25m. The crane in the middle of the
ship and the propeller are favourite
spots for the photographers. You
can also work your way through
the cabin decks and down into the
lower rooms. Experienced divers
can also explore the bridge and
the engine room. It’s amazing and
of great interest to local divers,
how quickly life moves in and
colonises a brand new artificial reef.
“Shakem” is one of the favourite
wreck dives at ScubaTech and is
a great dive for Advanced Divers.
of her depth a dive on air gives a bottom
time of around minutes for a no stop dive.
Making the short swim to Whibbles reef to
enjoy the plentiful coral and fish life that
abounds normally extends the total dive
time.
Another method to extend your dive time
not just underwater but on the wreck,
without having to make decompression
stops, is to dive nitrox. ScubaTech is one
of the few operators here on Grenada who
has the facilities to blend the full range
of nitrox as well as trimix mixes. Even
though the Bianca C offers fantastic wreck
diving she is just the tip of the ice berg of
Grenada’s wreck diving possibilities.