Find Your Next Wreck Dive Adventure Along the WAOH! Route

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Choose amongst INCLUDES Find your next wreck dive 1 Wreck Dive adventure along 15 along the WRECK DIVES WAOH! Route the WAOH! Route DONEGAL Fanad Wreck Dive Adventure Head Donegal Islands Inishowen Box includes: Donegal Bay

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A D S 6 E Ria V R de Arousa E N T U LISBON E C O Maritime Museum A D S 1 E V Cascais R E N T U E C O Sesimbra

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© Barry McGill Atlantic Adventures brought to you by Responsible Tourism EXPLORE THE ATLANTIC! Operators who Love the Ocean Welcome to the Atlantic! Your The Wreck Dive Adventure Box Wreck Dive Adventure Box is gives you access to one wreck an open invitation to discover dive experience in your chosen the best diving destinations and destination. Please keep in mind experiences along the WILDSEA that in order to be able to dive 4 Welcome 05 5 Atlantic Ocean Heritage the wrecks profled in this box, Ship Wrecks Along the (WAOH!) Route, stretching from you must be able to show proof the extreme south along the of holding a suffcient diving WAOH! Route 07 edge of Portugal and Spain to qualifcation and experience the far north of Ireland and the -which may vary depending on Choose Your Next Wreck United Kingdom. the depth of the wreck and its surrounding conditions-, as well as Dive Adventure 18 A mosaic of adventures and be in possession of your own diving amazing diving experiences equipment (unless included) and Maritime Museums 26 awaits, delivered by of a valid diving insurance. responsible diving centres How to Use Your Box 30 that are devoted to show you If you are ready to dive and explore a fantastic time, sharing their the Atlantic Ocean, browse through knowledge, love and respect your box and choose your next for the Ocean with you. diving adventure! Activities ←

The Atlantic Ocean bears witness all levels to rise to the challenge of 6 of the history of Europe. Considered their exploration. Some require the 7 the cradle of our civilization, its use of highly technical equipment name derives from the ancient and are only at reach for advanced, Greek mythological character Atlas, technical divers. Others are there who in legend supported the World to amuse novel, intermediate and on his shoulders. advance divers alike. But one thing is sure: nothing beats the feeling of Much like Atlas, the Atlantic Ocean history coming alive before your carries the weight of thousands of eyes, under water. battles and tragedies suffered at sea by men and women through We have selected some of the time and keeps their stories best shipwrecks along the alive in her seabed ̶much to WAOH! Route to give you an the delight of the adventurous idea of what lies in store for diver. All along the WAOH! Route, you when you visit each of its fantastic wrecks invite divers of stunning destinations! Algarve Portugal © Pedro Oliveira © Pedro

Ocean Revival Park

The Ocean Revival Park is a unique artifcial reef born from a pioneering idea: 4 warship vessels of the Portuguese connected by a common history were deliberately sunk in front of Portimão’s coast to form 8 the largest single artifcial reef structure in the World, with ideal conditions for the proliferation of marine life –creating an authentic and freely accessible underwater theme park for divers. The park is safely adapted to suit all levels of diffculty and enjoys good sea conditions most of the year. Portimão (Algarve, Portugal)

Suitable for all divers Discover Scuba Diving ← Lisbon region Portugal

River Gurara SS Hildebrand

The River Gurara –a 170 metres The SS Hildebrand was an English long Nigerian cargo ship– mixed cargo and passenger ship © Câmara Municipal de Cascais Municipal © Câmara sunk 1 mile off Cabo Espichel that sank in 1957 in front of the in February 1989 during a big Fort of São Jorge de Oitavos due storm. Tragically, 13 sailors lost to a navigation error on a night of their lives, while fortunately calm and dense fog. The force of other 27 were rescued by the the sea quickly broke it in two parts Portuguese navy. The ship broke and then completely shattered it, 10 into two sections as it sank, the spreading its wreckage throughout 11 site offering 2 distinctive dive the zone. Today, diving in the locations at different depths: Hildebrand is a dip amidst scattered the stern lies at 25m and bow debris in a low depth zone where at 30m, further away from the the sea is usually very beaten. There coast. The wreck is considered are, however, 2 structural parts of one of the most important dive the ship separated by about 80 spots in Sesimbra, itself renown metres that allow to identify the as the diving capital of Portugal. wreck, containing parts of the hull, bulkheads, caves and some Sesimbra (Portugal) hatches. The inner structural Only for advanced divers parts create natural shelters for marine organisms such as fsh and crustaceans. Cascais (Portugal)

Suitable for intermediate divers Galicia Spain © Náutica Medusa Aries Aegean Sea

In 1977 the Aries merchant The Aegean Sea tanker sank in ship was returning from 1992 under the "Hercules Tower", Morocco headed to the port of an UNESCO Roman Lighthouse A Pobra do Caramiñal when that over looks spectacular it wrecked. Her crew –made underwater cliffs ranging from up of 6 Arousan sailors– were 8 to 40 metres. The ship was practically reaching land on its route to A Coruña (Spain) 12 when tragedy struck. All crew when allegedly a heavy storm members lived to tell the story managed to push the ship off of the ship. This extraordinary course and cause her to run merchant became a wreck that aground. A rescue team was still maintains a magnifcent sent immediately, but failed to state of conservation. Divers can keep the ship from breaking in enter the cabin and the toilets half, which caused 67,000 tonnes and see the old tub and cabin of light crude oil to be spilled. compartments and bridge. The The wreck includes the engine, entire structure is virtually intact boilers and the hold, which now and the boat still rests on its keel offer shelter to bream, large bass, in the upright position, resting at octopus, cuttlefsh, lobsters, eels 21 metres of depth. and rays, amongst other usual suspects. Ria de Arousa (Galicia, Spain) A Coruña (Galicia, Spain) Suitable for all divers Only for advanced divers Cornwall UK

HMS Scylla SS Mohegan

The Leander class frigate –HMS Off a mile from the eastern edge Scylla– was sunk as an artifcial of the Lizard peninsula stands reef off Whitsand Bay in Cornwall The Manacles, a reef system that in 2004. The 113m-long vessel was has been the demise of many prepared with divers in mind, vessels. The largest of these ran allowing easy access to most of into it at full speed in 1898, losing the ship. The Scylla lies upright its rudder on one of the outer at a depth of 24m, with the pinnacles before coming to rest bridge area in less than half that on the inner rocks. The Mohegan 15 depth. Once sunk, it became an had a hole gouged into its hull, immediate attraction for both sinking rapidly and taking 106 divers and marine life. Dead mans persons to their watery grave. fngers and plumose anemones Time and tides have taken their decorate the hull. Shoals of fsh toll on the wreck, which now and even squid circle around the lies across the rocks in depths top deck. With very little tidal from 14m to 26m. The tallest and movement and the very popular shallowest parts are the ship's wreck of the James Egan Layne boilers, which, like most of the with a few hundred metres, these wreck, are covered in marine life. 2 wrecks are probably the most Falmouth (Cornwall, UK) popular in the whole of the UK. Whitsand Bay (Cornwall, UK) Suitable for intermediate divers

Suitable for intermediate divers © Mark Milburn © Mark Donegal Ireland

The Laurentic

In Lough Swilly –one of three glacial fjords in Ireland–, there lies the SS Laurentic. Built for to White Star Line liners, it was wrecked during World War I whilst carrying £5 million worth of gold bullion to repay British war debts. It took seven years to salvage the gold 16 and to this day the amount recovered 17 is the most ever taken off of a wreck. Still, 22 gold bars of its bullion cargo are still unclaimed! For those that wish to combine scenic and wreck diving, the SS Laurentic at 38m offers the best of both, accessible to both leisure and technical divers. Lough Swilly (Donegal, Ireland)

Only for advanced divers © Barry McGill © Câmera Municipal de Portimão de Portimão Municipal © Câmera CHOOSE

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Maritime Museums: Learn about Europe’s maritime history & traditions along the WAOH! Route

The WAOH! Route celebrates To make your experience along the the unique maritime heritage of WAOH! Route whole, the Wreck 26 European coastal territories washed Dive Adventure Box has partnered 27 by the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic up with some of the best maritime heritage, culture, traditions and museums along the Route to spice gastronomy comes alive in a million up your adventure. Your Box includes different shapes and tastes. a complimentary visit to a near-by museum of your choice, so that you Europe’s Atlantic maritime history and too can be part of the Atlantic family. heritage and the relationship between Atlantic people and the sea comes Enjoy your Atlantic experience! alive in museums and interpretation centres all along the Route, inviting visitors to share into the treasured DURATION VALID FOR DURATION VALID FOR DURATION VALID FOR memories of times gone by.

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Inishowen National Museo da Maritime Maritime Pesca de Museum Museum Fisterra

Greencastle Falmouth Finisterre Donegal, Ireland Cornwall, UK Galicia, Spain

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Fanad MuseuShipwreck Museu de Lighthouse Marítimo& Heritage de Portimão

Fanad Head SesimbraCentre Portimão Donegal, Ireland Algarve, Portugal SesimbraCornwall Setubal, Portugal Charlestown Cornwall, UK

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