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Champagne Beach & Espiritu Santo

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Papua New Guinea, VUChampagne Beach & Espiritu Santo
Tipo de fondo
Agarre
Profundidad
5–15 m
Coordenadas15°07′35″ S, 167°06′36″ E

A crescent of sand so white and fine it squeaks, with freshwater springs bubbling up through it at low tide, hence the name. Then the strangest snorkel in the Pacific at Million Dollar Point, bulldozers, trucks, jeeps and crates of Coca-Cola bottles in 5-30m of clear water. At the end of WWII the US offered its enormous Espiritu Santo base equipment to the French and British administrations at a token price; they declined, expecting to inherit it free. The Americans bulldozed the entire lot, millions of dollars of machinery, off the end of a pier into the sea. It is all still there. Anchorage: A beautiful open bay, good in the prevailing south-easterlies; Luganville is the port. Hazards: No site-specific hazards noted, brief normally.

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