First paying customers to dive on HMAS Adelaide wreck

Express Advocate -

The first paying customers are expected to get up close and personal with the wreck of former HMAS Adelaide at Avoca Beach this weekend.

Tickets go on sale at 10am this morning for the chance to dive the controversial wreck, with divers to pay a minimum of $78.

Depending on the weather the first group is expected to check out the wreck on Saturday.

Divers with their own boat and gear will reportedly pay $18 per head and a $60 mooring fee, while it’s believed commercial operators will charge $80 for divers with gear or $140 for those requiring

equipment.

Central Coast Artificial Reef Project members are expected to be on hand for the first public dive on the wreck.

Snorkellers also need to purchase a permit.

A special surveying group of divers checked the wreck immediately after sinking to determine that it had settled as predicted.

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