Mercedes I

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Mercedes I

USA, Florida, Fort Lauderdale

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Datum: WGS84 [ Help ]
Precision: Approximate

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Latitude: 26° 9.376' N
Longitude: 80° 4.514' W

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Access

Located just offshore of Fort Lauderdale.

How? By boat

Distance Good boat time (< 30min)

Easy to find? Hard to find

Dive site Characteristics

Alternative name Jacob Rusch

Average depth 22.9 m / 75.1 ft

Max depth 29.6 m / 97.1 ft

Current Low ( < 1 knot)

Visibility Good ( 10 - 30 m)

Quality

Dive site quality Great

Experience CMAS ** / AOW

Bio interest Interesting

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Week crowd

Week-end crowd

Dive type

- Wreck

Dive site activities

- Marine biology
- Dive training
- Photography

Dangers

Additional Information

She was originally built in 1951 and called the Jacob Rusch. This 198-foot freighter was sunk as an artificial reef site off Fort Lauderdale on March 30, 1985.

The Mercedes is the most famous wrecks off the east coast of Florida.