| One of the best Caribbean wreck dives is the wreck | | | | move all the way forward to explore the reel room. |
| of the C/S Charlie Brown on the island of Statia (St. | | | | Unlike most wrecks the Charlie Brown was |
| Eustatius). Statia is only a quick 10 minute plane ride | | | | purposefully sank to form an artificial reef. But, she |
| from Saba. I truly love vacationing on Saba. It is well | | | | was not completely salvaged before the sinking. This |
| away from the crowded reefs like Bloody Bay Wall | | | | now provides a look and feel of a real ship wreck. |
| on the Cayman islands or Palancar reef on Cozumel. | | | | Now, a little about how to get to Saba to start this |
| In its hay-day the C/S Charlie Brown spent almost 50 | | | | dream vacation; Saba is what is called the Dutch |
| years lying fiber optic cable around the world. She was | | | | Caribbean. The best way is to book your airfare to the |
| built in 1950 and is 327 feet long with a beam of about | | | | island of St. Maarten. (SXM). Once you are on St. |
| 41.4 feet. | | | | Maarten you will have two choices on getting to Saba: |
| The wreck of the Charlie Brown lies in 98 feet in | | | | - Take the Winair flight to Saba |
| water lying peacefully on its side. This wreck offers | | | | - Take the 2 hour ferry to Saba. |
| advanced divers, wreck divers, and underwater | | | | Everything is really close. Saba is only 5 square miles |
| photographers the opportunity of a life time to watch | | | | while Statia is 8 square miles. You can get to most |
| everything from sea turtles to nudibranchs on the | | | | dive sites within 15 minutes. Saba is a volcanic island |
| outside of the wreck. | | | | with spectacular lava tubes underwater. The best way |
| For those of us who are more advanced, exploring | | | | to truly explore these Dutch islands is to start at Statia |
| the lone hallway that runs down the middle of the | | | | for a couple of days, then move on to Saba and end |
| wreck is truly breathtaking. This hallway is wide open | | | | up at St. Maarten. St. Maartin has a great rain forest |
| and runs about 120 feet through the wreck. Once | | | | and this makes a great day to decompress after all of |
| inside you must visit the cable tanks and galley or | | | | the diving. |