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Ship Wreck (Showan Maru)
Garapan, Northern Mariana Islands

Max depth8 m
LevelEstimated: Beginner-friendly
Water bodyPhilippine Sea
Water temp27–30°C
Estimated from climate dataDec–Jun
About this site
Ship Wreck (Showan Maru) is a wreck dive site near Garapan, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, in the Philippine Sea. It has a maximum depth of about 8 m. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes sea turtles, dolphins, nudibranchs, groupers, moray eels. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 27 to 30 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberGood
Generally good diving.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
Princess DamselPomacentrus vaiuli
Brown SurgeonfishAcanthurus nigrofuscus
Arc-eye HawkfishParacirrhites arcatus
Spinner DolphinStenella longirostris
Fivestripe WrasseThalassoma quinquevittatum- Katherine's WrasseCirrhilabrus katherinae
Green TurtleChelonia mydas
Sunset WrasseThalassoma lutescens
Nearby sites
- 1Sub Chaser0.7 km
- 2H8K Japanese Sea Reconnaissance Plane1.5 km
- 3Wing Arch8.9 km
- 4Lau Lau Beach9.2 km
- 5Lau Lau Dive Site9.4 km
- 6Wing Crevasse9.4 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org