Motion in the ocean: USS Spiegel sits up

In June, I went on and on about how Spiegel Grove is such a great but challenging dive. Divester reported today that apparently hurricane Dennis shifted the Spiegel causing it to sit upright.

Spanning almost two football fields long the USS Spiegel Grove was originally (and unintentionally) sitting on its starboard side with a slight 15-degree list toward an upright position.

Waves at the the wreck were reported to be 20 feet high Friday afternoon.Billy Causey, the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Superintendent, is concerned about the movement of the mammoth wreck.

Sanctuary officials have temporarily closed the site to sport divers to observe the Spiegel's stability and to replace lost mooring buoys.

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