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SMS Cormoran (Guam)

Wreck (the only site spanning two wars)
Depth: 23–37 mLevel: Advanced Open Water / technicalAll year round
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A German auxiliary cruiser scuttled by her crew in 1917. Above her, and touching her hull, rests the Tokai Maru, a Japanese freighter sunk in 1943.

Depth

23–37 m

Recommended level

Advanced Open Water / technical

Average visibility

25 m

The only place in the world where you can touch a First World War wreck and a Second World War one at the same time (the Tokai Maru).

Did you know?

It is the only place in the world where you can touch a First World War wreck with one hand and a Second World War wreck with the other: the two hulls lie one on top of the other.

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SMS Cormoran (Guam): 41 documented species

Ecosystem

Wreck

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Water temperature

28 °C

Current

Weak

Access

Boat

Best season

All year round

Recommended certification

Wreck Diver

Approx. price

70 USD / dive

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Best season
All year round
Approx. price
70 USD / dive
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Same country: Guam

Guam · Micronesia
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Giant ClamCritically Endangered

Giant Clam

Tridacna gigas

Giant AnemoneNot Evaluated

Giant Anemone

Stichodactyla gigantea

Disc AnemoneNot Evaluated

Disc Anemone

Discosoma nummiforme

Ritteri AnemoneNot Evaluated

Ritteri Anemone

Heteractis magnifica

Spotted Garden EelLeast Concern

Spotted Garden Eel

Heteroconger hassi

Harlequin Snake EelLeast Concern

Harlequin Snake Eel

Myrichthys colubrinus

Warty SlugNot Evaluated

Warty Slug

Onchidium verruculatum

Great BarracudaLeast Concern

Great Barracuda

Sphyraena barracuda

SkipjackLeast Concern

Skipjack

Katsuwonus pelamis

Scarlet Cleaner ShrimpNot Evaluated

Scarlet Cleaner Shrimp

Lysmata amboinensis

Peacock Mantis ShrimpNot Evaluated

Peacock Mantis Shrimp

Odontodactylus scyllarus

Geography ConeLeast Concern

Geography Cone

Conus geographus

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