A wooden-hulled boat, described by the operator as an old immigration vessel, lying at about 22 metres off the coast of the Two Brothers islets. The dive follows a sandy channel through seaweed until the hull appears out of the blue, explores around it, then finishes over the strewn wreckage back at the coastline. Area of interest is 10 to 23 metres.
Where it is and how deep
39.1200° N, 23.9820° EApproximate position — the dashed circle shows where the site lies; your operator's briefing has the mooring.
The dive
The dive starts shallow, off the coast of the Two Brothers. You follow a sandy channel and wander through seaweed, dropping gradually to about 22 metres, and the wooden shipwreck appears out of the blue on your left-hand side. There is no shotline theatre to it: the hull simply resolves out of the water ahead of you once you are deep enough for it to show.
The group explores around the wreck, reaching 30 metres in the process, and then heads back up to the coastline to finish. That last stretch is spent over the strewn wreckage in the shallower half of the 10 to 23 metre band, with a decent chance of turning up an octopus among it. Nitrox is recommended here, which is the right call for a profile that spends its first half down at the hull.
The wreck
- Vessel
- Unnamed wooden boat off the Two Brothers
- Type
- Old immigration boat, wooden hull
- Cause
- Not published; the operator records only that the boat sank roughly fifteen years before its write-up.
- Lies
- At about 22 m, reached along a sandy channel through seaweed, with debris strewn nearer the coastline
Marine life and season
- Octopus & cuttlefish
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Off-season | Off-season | Off-season | Fair | Good | Prime | Prime | Prime | Prime | Good | Off-season | Off-season |
Season follows Alonissos & the Peristera Wreck: The underwater museum and most operators run May–Oct only; meltemi winds can close the exposed Peristera site in midsummer.
Questions divers ask
How deep is the Two Brothers wreck?+
The hull lies at about 22 metres. The operator gives the area of interest as 10 to 23 metres and the site maximum as 30 metres, which is reached exploring around the wreck, and recommends nitrox for the dive.
Sources
- Two Brothers Shipwreck — Alonissos Triton Dive Center
- Alonissos dive sites — Scuba Hellas
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