Cabo de Palos, Murcia, Spain
Off Cabo de Palos lies the Naranjito, wreck of the Isla de Gomera - a 50m steamer built in Cádiz in 1918, sunk the night of 13-14 April 1946 less than a mile from port while hauling oranges from Cartagena to Barcelona. The cargo washed ashore for weeks, feeding a hungry postwar coast and naming the site. The hull rests on sand, listing to starboard on an east-west line: bow and forecastle sit near 27-28m, the stern's propeller drops to 42-45m, averaging mid-30s with visibility around 20m. Currents and thermoclines are routine, Advanced certification is the floor, Deep/Wreck/Nitrox recommended. Boat access only, from Cabo de Palos. Groupers hold the structure, conger eels den in the portholes, dentex and amberjack patrol open water, mullet and seabream drift over sponge-covered plating.
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