Navio Varna
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Location
Porto
Dive Type
Recreational
Dive Site
Sea
What you will see
Sea Life, Shoals of Fish, Wreck
Average Depth:
10mts
Maximum Depth:
10mts
Water Temperature:
13ºC-18ºC
Wreck "discovered" recently (2019) by our Instructor Zé Beto Miranda. Bulgarian-flagged freighter, the MV Varna was launched in 1957, displaced 1935 tonnes, was 92.35 meters long and belonged to the Navigation Maritime Bulgare company. Coming from Angers, it was sailing from south to Leixões in bad weather. Due to the strong maritime unrest, the ship was dragged to the Cabedelo sandbank, where at 5 am on November 3, 1968, it ran aground. The crew of 34 men was rescued and repatriated. The ship was reported lost and left to the taste of the waves that eventually broke and broke.
Nowadays it is possible to visit the central section of the ship, perched on a sandy bottom 10 meters deep. We could see the boiler, some brass and bronze pipes, part of the chimney, some compartments and sections of the hull. The bow and stern are missing, to date not yet found. Some characteristic marine life of this zone such as conger, octopus and pout can be found.
Great for Open Water Diver level divers, but pay attention to some plates that present a serious cut hazard.
Spot description by Luís Mota
Nowadays it is possible to visit the central section of the ship, perched on a sandy bottom 10 meters deep. We could see the boiler, some brass and bronze pipes, part of the chimney, some compartments and sections of the hull. The bow and stern are missing, to date not yet found. Some characteristic marine life of this zone such as conger, octopus and pout can be found.
Great for Open Water Diver level divers, but pay attention to some plates that present a serious cut hazard.
Spot description by Luís Mota