The Steel Forest takes root

Stuart Cove sinks 2 shipwrecks in 2 weeks to launch Nassau’s newest dive site!

On Tuesday, August 20th, the “Captain Fox”, an 80-foot fishing trawler came to rest in 40 feet of water forming the third trunk of Nassau’s newest dive site “The Steel Forest”. The “Captain Fox” joined the “Manana” and “Fenwick Stirrup” on a sand bottom that starts at 30 feet and slopes to 120 feet where it drops over the edge of the “Tongue-of-the-Ocean” wall.

The sinking of the “Captain Fox” marked the culmination of an ambitious undertaking where Stuart Cove and the team from Dive Bahamas sunk two new shipwrecks in a 2-week period. “We are exhausted!” said Cove. “I’d be curious if this has ever been done before? But it was worth the effort – I love our new site – The Steel Forest”.

“We envisioned creating a site that would allow experienced divers to start off deep and do a multi-level profile, while at the same time allowing less experienced divers to still enjoy some new wrecks without having to worry about deeper depths” according to Cove.

Well-known for his shark diving experiences, Cove now brings the same innovations to wreck diving. He explained that there are now a trio of wrecks roughly 50 feet apart, lined up from bow to stern. The first is in just 40 feet of water, while the stern of the third is in 110 feet of water