{"id":30217,"date":"2015-08-23T08:50:23","date_gmt":"2015-08-23T15:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/?p=30217"},"modified":"2018-10-25T10:26:06","modified_gmt":"2018-10-25T17:26:06","slug":"the-wild-world-of-underwater-geocaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/the-wild-world-of-underwater-geocaches\/","title":{"rendered":"The wild world of underwater geocaches"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Taking<\/a>
For the extreme geocacher: underwater geocaching<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Call me Geocache. Some time ago – never mind how long exactly – having little or no finds in my profile, and no particular geocaches to interest me on shore, I thought I would cache about a little and see the watery part of the T5 rating scale.<\/strong><\/em>*<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

What better way to fill out the Terrain rating on your <\/span>Fizzy Grid<\/span><\/a> than going underwater to find your caches? Grab your snorkel, SCUBA gear, and wet suits, then check out these awesome and inspiring underwater caches:<\/span><\/p>\n

GC2W056 Hilma Hooker<\/a><\/strong> is located in Bonaire<\/a>, just off the northern coast of Venezuela. The geocache is almost 30 meters (100 feet) underwater at an\u00a0actual shipwreck. Some underwater caches have special paper and pencils to sign the log, but for this cache, you must write your name in the sand under the yardarm of the ship’s main mast.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Finding<\/a>
Going for the dive cache!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"\"<\/a>
Gotta look out for muggles when “signing” the log<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Hilma<\/a>
Hilma Hooker sank on September 12, 1984<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Another idyllic underwater SCUBA cache is <\/span>GC4BAC0 Kittiwake<\/a><\/strong> in the Cayman Islands<\/a>. As the geocache description says:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The ex-USS Kittiwake was a Submarine Rescue vessel (ASR-13). She was part of the 6th Submarine squadron (SUBRON 6) home ported at the Destroyer-Submarine piers in Norfolk, VA. She was transferred from MARAD to the Cayman Islands Government in August 2009 and was cleaned and remediated in Norfolk, Virginia to become an artificial reef. This included substantial work including the removal of all hazardous materials (like pcb’s, asbestos, mercury, cabling, wires, oils, lubricants and a very long list). Additionally, all thin or loose materials that could break off during or soon after sinking were removed. The Kittiwake is possibly the ‘cleanest’ wreck ever to be sunk as an artificial reef.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Aha!<\/a>
Aha! GC4BAC0 Kittiwake has been found!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Found<\/a>
Now time to sign the log.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Oh<\/a>
Oh the things you’ll see and do while SCUBAcaching!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n


\nDid you know there are freshwater lake sharks in Germany? Well, not technically, but there is a fake shark 30 meters (98 feet) below the surface near <\/span>GCNQ40 Horka – Pumpenhaus<\/a><\/strong>. (You gotta admit that you were taken aback the first time you looked at these photos…) This <\/span>Virtual Cache<\/span><\/a> is, \u201c…the <\/span>cache owner\u2019s<\/span><\/a> revenge for all the climbing caches, which [he] will never reach.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"GCNQ40<\/a>
SHARK!!!! Oh, it’s only GCNQ40 Horka – Pumpenhaus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The<\/a>
Everyone’s safe. The shark was impaled by… a huge steak knife?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"\"<\/a>
This is the beautiful location for this underwater cache<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But what if you don\u2019t have all that fancy scuba gear or deep water submersibles? Well, we have a couple of other options for you.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Head over to <\/span>GC3KG2M Father Thames & The Mermaid (AS TIDES GOES BY)<\/a><\/strong> in London, England and wait for the tide to go out. This geocache currently has 387 Favorite points, and you can see why;\u00a0it\u2019s clever and takes you to a memorable location.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"GC3KG2M<\/a>
GC3KG2M
Father Thames & The Mermaid (AS TIDES GOES BY) is only accessible at low tide<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"London<\/a>
London Low Tide Truck TB<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"I<\/a>
I think I found it!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We got one last geocache that may, ahem, float your boat.\u00a0GC2H5GD\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Winnepesauke bumblebee scuba<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0is\u00a0<\/span>located about 400 feet from the shore and\u00a0about 35 feet below the surface.\u00a0<\/span>This geocache is available year round by diving in the summer, and ice fishing in the winter.\u00a0<\/span>Really depends on your perspective on what\u2019s more difficult.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"GC2H5GD<\/a>
GC2H5GD in the summer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"GC2H5GD<\/a>
GC2H5GD in the winter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Again,<\/a>
Again, GC2H5GD in the summer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Again,<\/a>
Again, GC2H5GD in the winter!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Have you ever found a geocache underwater? How was it, or what’s holding you back from obtaining this type of cache? Tell us in the comments below!<\/p>\n

*Deepest apologies to Herman Melville for this complete and very pathetic rip off of the opening passage to Moby Dick<\/em>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Call me Geocache. Some time ago – never mind how long exactly – having little or no finds in my profile, and no particular geocaches to interest me on shore, I thought I would cache about a little and see the watery part of the T5 rating scale.* What better way to fill out the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[134,53],"tags":[152],"series":[],"class_list":["post-30217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","category-extreme-geocaching","tag-extreme-geocaching"],"episode_featured_image":false,"episode_player_image":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/seriously-simple-podcasting\/assets\/images\/no-album-art.png","download_link":"","player_link":"","audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"},"stitcher":{"key":"stitcher","url":"","label":"Stitcher","class":"stitcher","icon":"stitcher.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/inside-geocaching-hq-podcast","embedCode":"

The wild world of underwater geocaches<\/a><\/blockquote>