Information about the diving site of the DC3 plane wreck on Vargas beach
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Required level to dive in the DC3 Plane Wreck Vargas Beach
The level required for this dive is Advanced.
Access to the wreck of the DC3 plane at Vargas beach
From a boat with a relatively long navigation, especially if the conditions are usual in the area with strong winds and waves.
It is important to choose the day of the dive carefully so that the conditions are optimal.
You can find the nearest dock here.
Profile from the dive in the DC3 Plane Wreck on Vargas Beach
Diving with a depth maximum of 29 meters lasting about 45 minutes.
Diving from a boat
Deep, be careful with the tempo so as not to decompress on the computer (we recommend starting to ascend with a 4-minute margin and gradually increasing the bottom time)
Wreck DivingGood buoyancy control is essential in strong currents. It is advisable to dive between rising tides and descent and ascent along the rope.
Mandatory use of buoy: It is mandatory to enter and exit at the designated entrance to avoid possible problems with motor vehicles and in the event of having to make an emergency ascent in another place, always throw a signaling buoy before ascending to the surface.
Mandatory use of cable cutters or knives: In this area, non-professional fishing with a “gun-forbidden” rod is permitted, so it is necessary to have a line cutter in case of accidental entanglement with a fishing line.
What to see during the dive of the Douglas DC3 wreck of marine life?
It has been identified as a DC3 “Zorro33” military aircraft belonging to the 461 military squadron known as Los Zorros.
The sinking occurred on June 30, 1971, minutes after landing on the water.
According to survivors' testimonies, it initially sank and then refloated for a few minutes.
A few minutes later, the air rescue service sent a helicopter that managed to rescue 3 of the 5 crew members, one of whom was lifeless, and nothing was ever heard of the other two.
Source: ©Eduardo Grandio.
After so many years sunken, the amount of marine life that has accumulated around the wreck is very abundant, with sea breams being the protagonists, with an enormous school of thousands of specimens, and elasmobranchs, of which angel sharks and large manta rays are very abundant.
At the beginning of the dive we will focus on the remains of the “Zorro 33” but it usually loses prominence due to the enormous amount of life previously mentioned.
Image of the sinking area of the Douglas DC3 wreck "El Zorro 33"
Our video DC3 Wreck Diving Vargas Beach
Because a picture is worth a thousand words on many occasions, we leave you with a Video of this dive of the DC3 Plane Wreck at Vargas Beach in Gran Canaria so cool and fun.
And a little further down, the Photo gallery complete so that you can see in detail everything you can find when diving with us in Gran Canaria.
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