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A green moray eel peers from a sandy hollow under a reddish coral ledge while a pink fish with a yellow-edged tail swims past — Aruba.

Aruba · Aruba · Wreck · Artificial reef

Jane Sea

An upright cement carrier crusted in sponges and black gorgonians

Area photo: Serge Melki from Indianapolis, USA · CC BY 2.0

The Jane Sea is a 76 m (250 ft) cement freighter sunk as an artificial reef in 1988. It sits upright on a slope with its bow at 10 m and its stern at 30 m, and bright encrusting sponges colour its deck machinery.

Also known as Jane Sea Wreck.

Where it is and how deep

Depth profile of Jane Sea: typical dive 10–30 m (33–100 ft) 18 m · Open Water30 m · Advanced40 m · Recreational limit10 m30 mtypical dive
Depths on a shared scale to 40 m (130 ft); dashed lines mark common certification limits.

12.4710° N, 69.9962° WApproximate position — the dashed circle shows where the site lies; your operator's briefing has the mooring.

The dive

The freighter rests upright with its bow up the slope at 10 m. It lies across a mild current, which has fed a solid growth of small hard corals, larger sponges and black gorgonians; back from the bow, encrusting sponges and small cup corals turn the anchor winch and a crane cab red and yellow. Beneath the stern at 30 m the propeller was left in place among black gorgonians and whips, and the engine room inside the stern is accessible.

The wreck

Vessel
Jane Sea
Type
Cement freighter
Length
76 m (249 ft)
Sunk
1988
Cause
Sunk as an artificial reef
Lies
Upright on a slope, bow at 10 m and stern at 30 m

Marine life and season

The sources we used don't single out particular species here.

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Season follows Aruba: Diving runs year-round, and the island sits south of the hurricane belt, so no month stands out as a peak.

Dive videos

Jane Sea Wreck, Diving Aruba · elginz2006 on YouTube

Sources

  1. Aruba – Isle of wrecks — Divernet
  2. Jane Sea (Wreck) — ScubaGo
  3. Dive Sites - Red Sail Aruba — Red Sail Aruba

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