347 Logged Dives
Oro Verde (Wreck)
Originally a U.S. Army transport ship, the Oro Verde spent it’s last 10 years of life transporting bananas between Ecuador and Miami. It eventually ran in 1976 on the reef surrounding Grand Cayman, right off Seven Mile Beach.
Living in and around the wreck are nurse and reef sharks, possible eagle rays, turtles, and lots of fish: snapper, angelfish, grunts, anemones, and grouper.
DIVE TYPES
- Wreck Dive
- Artificial Reef
Level
- Beginner
- Advanced
Programs
- Scuba
Entry
- Boat
Body of Water
- Salt
currents
- no
- moderate
Maximum Depth
- 16m
Visibility
- 25m
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| Flounder |
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