Princess Anne Ferry

Princess Anne Ferry

West Palm Beach Dive Sites

One of West Palm Beach’s deep dives is the Princess Anne car ferry. Sunk in 1993 to a depth of over 90 feet this mangled wreck is now home to hundreds of fish. (Photo courtesy of Palm Beach County)

West Palm Beach – Reef Diving

This 350 foot long, 60 foot wide ferry was used to ferry over 200 cars and passengers across Chesapeake Bay, Virginia before ending up on the seabed.

This is without doubt a very difficult dive with strong currents and sometimes poor visibility making it easy for buddies to get separated and it is therefore only suitable for experienced divers.

After Hurricane Wilma the wreck has collapsed with the deck collapsed into the hull make penetration dangerous. The wheelhouse separated from the hull and now sits alongside the wreck adding to the complexity and attraction of this site.

Fish love this wreck and you can expect to see creole wrasse (in their hundreds), bluehead wrasse, tomtate grunts, white grunts, bluestriped grunts, French grunts, porkfish grunts, gray and yellowtail snappers and many more.

You may also come across some very large goliath groupers together with the occasional sightings of hammerhead and bull sharks.

Palm Beach Scuba Videos

One of the attractions of Palm Beach scuba diving is that you will be able to take underwater photographs or underwater videos such as the one below. With excellent light and clear waters you will be able to get some excellent shots.

This video gives you a brief idea of what to expect from the Princess Anne in West Palm Beach and what to expect diving off the Florida coast. (Press the button second right on the bottom of the video player to see it in full screen)…

Terence’s Log

This wreck is only for experienced divers and is well known for the strong currents that can be in the area and therefore care and planning are needed on this dive.

If you are able to make this dive you will be rewarded by a wreck that is home to plenty of marine life including turtles, large groupers and on occasion sharks.