Scuba Diving in Fontao Wreck, Durban

The wreck is situated about 2km off Umhlanga Rocks and about 500m south of the Umhlanga Lighthouse and lies proudly upright on the sand at 27m deep, facing south to north. She is 8m wide and 34.5m long. The vessel has three decks, the hull supporting two upper decks. The top of the Fontao sits at about 17m.

Divers can penetrate all three structures due to the hatches being open on the lower deck aft of the vessel and,  also through holes in the superstructure caused by deterioration.

The Fontao is also visited by skates, mantas, sharks, tuna, barracuda and others who come in to feed off the easy pickings of the abundance of smaller fish living on, in and around the wreck.