
Coron Wrecks in 360: Okikawa Maru
About the dive:
Dive time: 1h24m
Max depth: 25.3m/83ft
Avg depth: 15.8m/52ft
Bottom gas: EAN33
Deco gas: none-- the whole wreck was covered without breaching NDL!
Temp: 29C/84F
Camera: Insta360 X3
Primary torch: Dive Rite HP50 Handheld
Backup torches: Dive Rite CX2 and BX 2
Helmet torches: Orcatorch D710 and D570 GL
Yes, I carry 5 torches. And yes, I removed the weird floating lanyard and clip in succeeding wreck dives.
About the wreck:
The Okikawa Maru, a Standard Merchant 1TL class supply ship, was launched in 1943. Her dimensions are 526.7ft/160.54m x 65.7ft/20.03m x 29.1ft/8.87m, making her the largest shipwreck in Coron. Designated as an auxiliary oiler of the Imperial Japanese Navy, the Okikawa Maru sailed around southeast Asia throughout WW2. On 22 Sept. 1944, she anchored at Coron Bay. Two days later, fighters and dive-bombers from USS Intrepid (CV-11), USS Cabot (CVL-28), and USS Lexington (CV-16) conducted a raid to sink Japanese ships anchored within the bay. The Okikawa Maru was strafed and bombed, resulting in the loss of 8 souls, with the rest abandoning ship. The ship partially sunk that day, and a follow-up air raid on 9 Oct. 1944 finally finished off the burning hulk. She rests upright at a maximum depth of 85ft/26m, with her upper deck at about 12m/40ft.
References:
https://www.combinedfleet.com/Okikawa_t.htm
https://www.padi.com/dive-site/philippines/okikawa-maru/






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