Ron Scholte's dive at Irako Maru on Jul 4, 2019

Description

Diving holiday Philippines The Irako was a refrigeration supply ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy. She sits nearly upright in 45 meters of water. Aside from the bridge, which took a direct hit, the Irako is pretty well intact. For advanced divers with the appropriate skill level, this wreck can be a lot of fun. The Irako is described by the local divemasters as "DDD". Deep, dark, and dangerous. Many of the routes are smaller and darker than the other wrecks in the area, and perfect buoyancy is a must. On the outside, we often see a big school of jacks swimming around the mast in a tornado like formation. The top of the wreck is also hangout for snappers, groupers, barracuda, and lionfish.