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Diving on the Coolidge was great – Diving in Santo, Vanuatu, is amongst the best in the world. If you are a keen diver, the Coolidge is a must during your Vanuatu holiday

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Santo diving gives access to some of the world’s finest reefs and underwater caves, plus two of the world’s most accessible shipwrecks. On the reefs and in the underwater caves you can see hundreds of colourful and interesting fish.

Great reef dives can be found in most areas of the coastline. The dive operators tend to stick to the south-east coast, where you will find the wrecks of the SS President Coolidge and the USS Tucker and an area known as ‘Million Dollar Point’. Most of the wreck and reef diving is suitable for divers of any ability who have completed basic training.

There are two quality wreck dives just meters from the coastline, both highly accessible to those diving in Santo. The wrecks are American ships sunk during World War II. The SS President Coolidge is a American luxury liner that was converted to a US troop ship during the second world war. It sank just meters from the shore and is now the premium dive in Santo. Novices can dive the main bulk of the ship, whereas more experienced divers can go deeper into the wreck to look at life on the inside.

The second wreck is the SS Tucker, an American destroyer that was stationed in Vanuatu during the second world war. Unfortunately it was accidently sunk by a US mine and now it too lies just offshore, close enough to be accessible to those diving in Santo.

Diving the relatively shallow Million Dollar Point, divers can see huge areas of military war surplus that was simply dumped into the ocean when the Americans left Vanuatu at the end of the war. This Santo dive includes ammunition boxes, military vehicles and even the odd bulldozer – items which understandably make this one the most popular sites for Santo Diving 

One of the world’s most spectacularly frightening religious ceremonies – Vanuatu’s Pentecost Land Dive. The home and ancient birthplace of extreme sport and the pre-runner of all modern bungee jumping.

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http://www.vanuatu.tv If diving is your game, Vanuatu has it all. The biggest accessible wreck in the world, amazing reef diving, sunken planes and adrenaline packed pelagic diving.

Santo diving includes the SS Coolidge and Million Dollar Point.

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A place you should consider in any Scuba Diving travel plans is visiting Vanuatu. A diver’s paradise, with incredible coral, fish life and wrecks.

Santo dives include the SS President Coolidge – the largest divable wreck in the world; it hit a mine and sank just off the beach at Santo Island, in 80 degree water and up to 100′ visability.

Also on Santo is “Million-Dollar Point,” with loads of WWII military equipment bulldozed off the reef at the end of the war. Midway between Australia and Hawaii, the stunning beauty of Espiritu Santo Island will blow you away.

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Port Vila is the capital city of Vanuatu and by far it’s largest city. Situated on the south coast of the island of Efate, it had a population at the last census (1999) of 29,356.

Vanuatu is unique in many ways – one being that it is the only place on earth that England and France ruled jointly rather than fight a war over And when you see what a fabulous place Vanuatu is, it is not hard to understand why.

It’s biggest assets are is magnificent natural splendour and its people – if you cannot be happy and relaxed in Vanuatu, you will never be happy anywhere.

For an amazing family holiday or honeymoon, Vanuatu holidays take some beating. An archipelago of 83 islands, Vanuatu is located in the South Pacific Ocean near Fiji, New Caledonia, and east of Australia

Vanuatu gained independence from its former colonial rulers, England and France, on 30 July, 1980.

In different categories we will share some secrets of this amazing country, plus some tales from the 6 years I lived there!