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Stinging animals and plant grown encrusts the railing of a sunken ship (the Chien Tong). There is also a small neck crab hiding amongst the growth near the center of this photo. St. Eustatius (Statia), Netherlands Antilles.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> "St. Eustatius" "Saint Eustatius" Statia Netherlands Antilles "Lesser Antilles" Caribbean underwater diving ocean SCUBA dive wreck deck railing neck crab growth
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Stinging animals and plant grown encrusts the railing of a sunken ship (the Chien Tong). There is also a small neck crab hiding amongst the growth near the center of this photo. St. Eustatius (Statia), Netherlands Antilles.




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  • A diver waits for her dive buddy near a sunken tugboat. St. Eustatius (Statia), Netherlands Antilles.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> "St. Eustatius" "Saint Eustatius" Statia Netherlands Antilles "Lesser Antilles" Caribbean underwater diving ocean SCUBA dive diver wreck sunken boat
  • A sunken tugboat. St. Eustatius (Statia), Netherlands Antilles.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> "St. Eustatius" "Saint Eustatius" Statia Netherlands Antilles "Lesser Antilles" Caribbean underwater diving ocean SCUBA dive diver wreck sunken boat
  • Divers explore the anchors left from the sailing ships that sank at the anchorage now called "double wreck." St. Eustatius (Statia), Netherlands Antilles.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> "St. Eustatius" "Saint Eustatius" Statia Netherlands Antilles "Lesser Antilles" Caribbean underwater diving ocean SCUBA dive diver divers sand bottom seabed sea floor anchor anchors wreck wrecks
  • Divers explore the anchors left from the sailing ships that sank at the anchorage now called "double wreck." St. Eustatius (Statia), Netherlands Antilles.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> "St. Eustatius" "Saint Eustatius" Statia Netherlands Antilles "Lesser Antilles" Caribbean underwater diving ocean SCUBA dive diver divers sand bottom seabed sea floor anchor anchors wreck wrecks
  • A cloud of small fry obscures the view of the deck on this sunken wreck (the Chien Tong). St. Eustatius (Statia), Netherlands Antilles.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> "St. Eustatius" "Saint Eustatius" Statia Netherlands Antilles "Lesser Antilles" Caribbean underwater diving ocean SCUBA dive wreck deck railing fish fry small fry
  • Stinging animals and plant grown encrusts the railing of a sunken ship (the Chien Tong). There is also a small neck crab hiding amongst the growth near the center of this photo. St. Eustatius (Statia), Netherlands Antilles.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> "St. Eustatius" "Saint Eustatius" Statia Netherlands Antilles "Lesser Antilles" Caribbean underwater diving ocean SCUBA dive wreck deck railing neck crab growth
  • Clouds of small fry hide among the windows and structure of the wheelhouse of this sunken ship (the Chien Tong). St. Eustatius (Statia), Netherlands Antilles.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> "St. Eustatius" "Saint Eustatius" Statia Netherlands Antilles "Lesser Antilles" Caribbean underwater diving ocean SCUBA dive wheelhouse windows wreck sunken ship small fry
  • A diver swims up the side of a sunken ship (the Chien Tong). St. Eustatius (Statia), Netherlands Antilles.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> "St. Eustatius" "Saint Eustatius" Statia Netherlands Antilles "Lesser Antilles" Caribbean underwater diving ocean SCUBA dive wheelhouse windows wreck sunken ship diver
  • A porcupinefish swims above the reef. St. Eustatius (Statia), Netherlands Antilles.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> "St. Eustatius" "Saint Eustatius" Statia Netherlands Antilles "Lesser Antilles" Caribbean underwater diving ocean SCUBA dive reef fish porcupinefish porcupine fish
  • Diving the wreck of the Charlie Brown, an AT&T cable laying ship sunk as a dive site in 2003. St. Eustatius (Statia), Netherlands Antilles.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> "St. Eustatius" "Saint Eustatius" Statia Netherlands Antilles "Lesser Antilles" Caribbean underwater diving ocean SCUBA dive diver wreck shipwreck "Charlie Brown" "M/V" "M/V Charles D. Brown"
  • Divers explore a sunken tugboat. St. Eustatius (Statia), Netherlands Antilles.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> "St. Eustatius" "Saint Eustatius" Statia Netherlands Antilles "Lesser Antilles" Caribbean SCUBA dive diver sea bottom sea floor sand fish wreck shipwreck sunken boat divers
  • Fish school among the coral and sponges growing in the pilothouse of an old sunken boat. St. Eustatius (Statia), Netherlands Antilles.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> "St. Eustatius" "Saint Eustatius" Statia Netherlands Antilles "Lesser Antilles" Caribbean SCUBA dive diver sea bottom sea floor sand fish wreck shipwreck sunken boat coral sponge school
  • The bow of the sunken Chien Tong looms our of the blue as you approach. St. Eustatius (Statia), Netherlands Antilles.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> "St. Eustatius" "Saint Eustatius" Statia Netherlands Antilles "Lesser Antilles" Caribbean SCUBA dive diver sea bottom sea floor sand wreck shipwreck sunken ship
  • A multitude of small fish hover in the relatively protected space of this sunken ship's wheelhouse bridge windows. St. Eustatius (Statia), Netherlands Antilles.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> "St. Eustatius" "Saint Eustatius" Statia Netherlands Antilles "Lesser Antilles" Caribbean SCUBA dive diver sea bottom sea floor sand wreck shipwreck sunken ship bridge windows fish small fry
  • St. Eustatius (Statia) Underwater -- Scuba divers explore the stern of one of the shipwrecks that make up STENAPA reef. © Rick Collier
  • St. Eustatius (Statia) Underwater - The Jean Marie -- A sunken boat on the same dive site as the Chien Tong ship wreck. © Rick Collier
  • St. Eustatius (Statia) Underwater - A brown chromis fish followed me and apparently ignored other scuba divers for much of my dive time on the Chien Tong shipwreck. © Rick Collier
  • St. Eustatius (Statia) Underwater - Divemaster Remco leads a group of scuba divers over the funnel of the Charlie Brown shipwreck. (The MV Charles D. Brown was an ATT cable-laying ship until it was purposely sunken in 1983 as a dive site.) © Rick Collier
  • Diving Bonaire, Netherland Antilles -- Divers explore the wreck of the Hilma Hooker. ("Hilma Hooker" dive site) © Rick Collier<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Bonaire; "Netherlands Antilles"; Caribbean; tropic; tropical; vacation; destination; scuba; diving; dive; "scuba diving"; wreck; "Hilma Hooker"; diver; divers; photography; "taking pictures"; "ship wreck"; shipwreck;
  • Diving Bonaire, Netherland Antilles -- A diver takes pictures at the propeller of the "Hilma Hooker." ("Hilma Hooker" dive site) © Rick Collier<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Bonaire; "Netherlands Antilles"; Caribbean; tropic; tropical; vacation; destination; scuba; diving; dive; "scuba diving"; wreck; "Hilma Hooker"; diver; divers; photography; "taking pictures"; propeller; screw; rudder;
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