Stella Maru

The Stella Maru, a Japanese long-line trawler scuttled off Trou aux Biches in the late 1980s as an artificial reef, has aged into the north coast's most dependable wreck dive. The hull lies at recreational depth with its bow, masts, and deck machinery readable under a thickening coat of sponge and oyster growth. Big morays have divided up the interior spaces and greet torch beams at the openings, lionfish hover in the shade of the hull, and octopus work the debris field. Easy to navigate and forgiving of modest visibility, it is many visitors' first wreck — and a good one.

اللحظة التي جئت من أجلها: Intact, easy-to-read trawler; resident morays at every opening

التضاريس: Japanese trawler resting on sand off Trou aux Biches, hull largely intact

التيار: Calm north-coast conditions most of the year; occasional current along the sand.

المخاطر: Light entanglement risk around old cables; respect the no-penetration briefing.

الحفاظ على البيئة البحرية: An artificial reef that now functions as habitat — no souvenir-taking, no prying at plates.

نيتروكس: يستحق هنا — تقع البروفايلات في النطاق الذي يمدّد فيه النيتروكس وقت التوقف اللاإلزامي بشكل ملموس (بشرط امتلاك التدريب اللازم لاستخدامه).