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Wooden fishing boats pulled up on a wide sand beach below a green wooded headland under a hazy sky — Goa & the Grande Island

Goa & the Grande Island · India · Wreck

Davy Jones Locker

Stern of a steel-hulled wreck for experienced divers

Area photo: KenWalker kgw@lunar.ca · CC BY-SA 3.0

Davy Jones Locker is the stern section of a steel-hulled wreck on the south side of St. George's Island. Lots of fish live around the wreckage, but it is a site for experienced divers, as it can have strong currents and low visibility.

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Where it is and how deep

Depth profile of Davy Jones Locker: typical dive 12–16 m (40–52 ft) 18 m · Open Water30 m · Advanced40 m · Recreational limit12 m16 mtypical dive
Depths on a shared scale to 40 m (130 ft); dashed lines mark common certification limits.

15.3453° N, 73.7631° EApproximate position — the dashed circle shows where the site lies; your operator's briefing has the mooring.

The dive

Only the stern section of the hull lies at the site, resting between 12 and 16 m, and the dive is spent around it among the many fish that gather on the steel.

The wreck

Vessel
Steel-hulled wreck (name not recorded)
Type
Steel-hulled vessel
Cause
Not recorded
Lies
Stern section only, on the south side of St. George's Island

Marine life and season

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

Month-by-month season rating for Davy Jones Locker
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Season follows Goa & the Grande Island: Boats run mid-October to mid-May and stop for the monsoon from June; no month inside the season stands out.

Know before you go

  • Can have strong currents over the wreck.
  • Visibility on the wreck can be low.

Sources

  1. Davy Jones Locker dive site — ScubaGo

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