Critically EndangeredGiant Clam
Tridacna gigas
The floor of the atoll, where the ships sunk in the American nuclear tests of 1946 (Operation Crossroads) now rest, among them the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga and the Japanese battleship Nagato.
Depth
20–55 m
Recommended level
Technical (Trimix)
Average visibility
30 m
World Heritage Site (Bikini Atoll Nuclear Test Site, inscribed in 2010 as a CULTURAL property)
It is one of the very few World Heritage properties inscribed for its negative cultural value: it bears witness to the dawn of the nuclear age and to the forced displacement of the people of Bikini, who have never been able to return permanently.
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Same country: Marshall Islands
Same type of dive: Wreck
Same type of dive: Wreck
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Water temperature
29 °C
Current
Weak
Access
Liveaboard
Best season
April-October
Recommended certification
Technical Wreck Diver
Approx. price
400 USD / dive
Same type of dive: Wreck
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