Rotomahana
Depth: 40m
Experience: Level: 4
Old Quarantine station
Site layout:
Points of interest:
-Built in 1879 -Steel screw steamer -Displaces 1777 tons gross -Passenger vessel between
Melb. & NZ until 1894, then Melb.-Launceston until 1921 when she was put out of
commission -1924 sold for scrap -1928 scuttled off Barwon heads -Boilers still intact
-Scattered: plates, girders & large winches
Bottom composition: Reef and weed
Water movement/currents: Some current at times but only slight. Prone to fresh water
(dirty) from the Barwon River.
Hazards: Dirty water at times, large swells. Because of depth and the size of the wreck it
should be dived in sections only, to reduce swim effort and bottom time.
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