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Hilma Hooker

DivingNo permitMooring buoys

Wrecks

Aruba, BQHilma Hooker
Best time
Year–round
Water temp.
26–29 °C
Dive depth
18–30 m
Coordinates12°05′43″ N, 68°17′10″ W

A 236ft freighter on her starboard side between two coral reefs in flat, clear water, the easiest big wreck in the Caribbean. Tarpon and horse-eye jacks patrol the hull; the double reef either side makes it a two-for-one dive. Impounded in Bonaire in 1984 when customs found 25,000 pounds of marijuana behind a false bulkhead. Abandoned by her owners, she was leaking and about to sink at the dock, so authorities towed her out and let her go down in a chosen sand channel on 12 September 1984. Anchorage: Bonaire is a no-anchor marine park, moorings only. Hazards: No site-specific hazards noted, brief normally.

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