Sugar Wreck has always intrigued me. It can be eerie and haunting if dived alone, but I have dived here alone before. Sometimes i get to reflect upon life in solitude when I dive here alone. Alone means either I dive this wreck alone, or dive this wreck without a buddy.
I think she was the MV Unistar VI, carrying sugar from Thailand to Singapore, when she developed engine trouble and sank in a storm back in November 2000. Over 90 meters in length, she now rests on her starboard in a SE to NW orientation.
There are many things to see here: Giant Pufferfish, Tiger Trevallies, Lionfish, Scorpionfish, Razorfish, Yellowtail Barracudas, Chevron Barracudas, Porcupine Pufferfish, lots and lots of Fusiliers and Snappers, Bamboo Sharks, Leopard Sharks (those days), Blacktip Reef Shark (only once).
My dive here during this trip was superb. I made a free descent, head down from the surface to 18 meters, smack bang in a school of fusiliers and hunting trevallies. From the bottom I could see the two dive boats above. I circled the wreck alone initially and was then joined by Ridrahim. I took him to several cargo doors and anchor some 50 meters away from the wreck. There were a lot of Sweetlips there but the usual Lionfish were missing.
I spent most of the time making eye contacts with the Lionfishes and Giant Pufferfishes..just to see their reaction. After more than an hour, I left the bottom to commence my stops at 12m, 9m, 6m and 3m. I watched below me as fishes swim…thousands of them. This wreck is now a home to thousands of them.
Sugar Wreck has always been a good dive site for me. I hope to dive it more often next season.
SeaDemon Says 