Sea Tiger

The Sea Tiger's first career ended in federal custody — she was seized smuggling migrants — and her second began in 1999 when she was cleaned and scuttled off Honolulu as a dive attraction. She sits upright with a slight lean, wheelhouse open to careful swim-throughs, holds patrolled by bluestripe snapper in dense yellow rivers, and a strong supporting cast: green turtles on the deck, spotted eagle rays banking off the rails, whitetips in the shade of the hull. Slightly deeper and moodier than the YO-257 down the coast, she rewards nitrox and a disciplined clock. Photographers prize her silhouettes against the surface glow.

اللحظة التي جئت من أجلها: Snapper rivers through the holds; eagle rays off the rails; atmospheric wheelhouse frames.

التضاريس: A 57-meter former trading vessel upright on sand, deepest at the stern

نقطة الدخول: Charter run from Kewalo Basin; descend and ascend on the mooring line.

المخاطر: Depth at the stern nudges recreational limits; penetration beyond open swim-throughs needs wreck training; mind the mooring in current.

الحفاظ على البيئة البحرية: Purpose-sunk and fish-rich — leave the structure and its tenants untouched so the reef keeps compounding.

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