Andrea Doria Wreck Dive

And it s not just the wreck s depth range around 200 250 feet 60 75 meters that makes this a challenging dive beyond the limits of recreational divers it s the location too.
Andrea doria wreck dive. The andrea doria is a popular attraction for advanced scuba divers. Visiting the ship which rests 250 feet below the surface requires years of. There are deeper and more historic wreck but the andrea doria captures the attention of the most daring wreck divers. After andrea doria sank divers peter gimbel and joseph fox managed to locate the wreck of the ship and published pictures of the wreck in life.
This summer as they have for nearly every season over the past five decades a new generation of men and women will brave rough seas for the 100 mile ride to the wreck of the andrea doria they will test themselves their gear and their training in the kind of adverse conditions most recreational divers fear dark. 37 in 1968 film director bruno vailati together with stefano carletti mimi dies arnaldo mattei and al giddings an experienced american diver organized and directed the first italian expedition to the wreck producing the documentary titled. Sixteen divers have perished visiting the andrea doria most recently 64 year old neuroscience professor tom pritchard.