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Big Brother Aida

    Wreck Information

  • Nationality: Egyptian
  • Type of wreck: ferry troops
  • Date and place of construction: 1940, France
  • Date of sinking: 1957
  • Length: 75 metres
  • Tonnage: 1428 tons

    • Dive Information

  • Visibility: good
  • Current: yes
  • Depth: 35 - 60 metres
  • Recommended depth: 30 metres
  • Dive difficulty: medium/high
  • Inside visit: ok
  • Biological interests: napoleons, sharks, barracudas, tunas, soft and tree corals.

    • Wreck Picture

  • relitto Aida

Wreck Description

On 15th September 1957, during heavy seas the Aida attempted to unload the cargo of provisions required by the troops living on the Island, but doing so struck the rocks and quickly began to sink. All the crew survived. The particularity of this dive is the wide variety of pelagic fish passing near by the island thanks to the from the zodiac (drift dive) present most of the times. Taking care is possible to enter inside the wreck to admire the underwater flora and fauna which found shelter here. Stern is at 30 metres depth, bows are at 70 metres depth.