Ancient Mariner Wreck
Type of Dive
Standard Wreck Dive.Skill Level
Beginner: Open Water or jr Advanced Open Diver 13 years and older.Dive Site Depths
The depth is around 50 feet to the top of the wreck and around 70 feet to the sand.Dive Site Location
The Ancient Mariner is located in the sand 2.07 Nm @ 174 from Boca Inlet & 2.89 Nm @ 025 from Hillsboro Inlet. 0.79 Nm off-shore from the beach.Towers South Condo.Ship Description
The Ancient Mariner was a former Coast Guard cutter and former sub chaser during World War II. Vessel Ancient Mariner was intentionally scuttled in June 9 1991 as part of the Broward County artificial reef program. The wreck has been down quite some time now, so it is a well-established reef with lots of Marine life. If you swim off of the bow about 150 feet you will come to the berry patch tug. And if you’re really good on air you can swim to the south about another 200 feet and reach the Quallman barge however you need to be very good on air and good with navigation to reach the barge..
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Dive Site Information
The The Ancient Mariner was a former Coast Guard cutter and former sub chaser during World War II. Vessel Ancient Mariner was intentionally scuttled in June 9 1991 as part of the Broward County artificial reef program. The wreck has been down quite some time now, so it is a well-established reef with lots of Marine life. If you swim off of the bow about 150 feet you will come to the berry patch tug. And if you’re really good on air you can swim to the south about another 200 feet and reach the Quallman barge however you need to be very good on air and good with navigation to reach the barge.The Dive Plan:
2 Dives 2 Locations
We start off the day with a wreck dive on the Ancient Mariner wreck, followed by a drift dive off the third reef. The reef dive location will depend on visibility and current. We typically leave that up to the captain's discretion. We have 45 min. to 1 hour on each site. Air and bottom time permitting.
The departure dock location for this dive trip is located in Pompano Beach.