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From sunken war planes to rusty tugs, wrecks do not only provide unrivalled exploration potential- the artificial reefs that they create can be extremely bio-diverse. This picture-led feature showcases some of the best wreck dives, including why they are special and how to dive them

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Malajon / Black Island, Calamianes Islands, Philippines.
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Roberto Rinaldi / Malajon / Black Island, Calamianes Islands, Philippines.
Trawler wrecked on a coral reef off the French island of New Caledonia, South Pacific.
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Erwan Quéméré / Trawler wrecked on a coral reef off the French island of New Caledonia, South Pacific.
Aerial view of shipwreck on coral reef, Isla de Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduruas, Central America, Atlantic coast 2006
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Michael Pitts / Aerial view of shipwreck on coral reef, Isla de Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduruas, Central America, Atlantic coast 2006
Japanese Tank on the wreck of the deck of the 'San Francisco Maru', Chuuk / Truk lagoon, Chuuk islands, pacific ocean islands
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Michael Pitts / Japanese Tank on the wreck of the deck of the 'San Francisco Maru', Chuuk / Truk lagoon, Chuuk islands, pacific ocean islands
Diver explores wreck of Russian missile frigate, Destroyer 356, renamed MV Capt Keith Tibbets,  Cayman Islands, Caribbean
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Doug Perrine / Diver explores wreck of Russian missile frigate, Destroyer 356, renamed MV Capt Keith Tibbets, Cayman Islands, Caribbean
Diver with green moray eel (Gymnothorax funebris) on wreck of "Prince Albert", Roatan, Honduras. Model released.
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Roberto Rinaldi / Diver with green moray eel (Gymnothorax funebris) on wreck of "Prince Albert", Roatan, Honduras. Model released.
Plane wreck in the waters of Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea, Indo-pacific
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Juergen Freund / Plane wreck in the waters of Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea, Indo-pacific
A school of Red mullets (Mullus surmuletus) swims in the wreck of the SS Thistlegorm.
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Angelo Giampiccolo / A school of Red mullets (Mullus surmuletus) swims in the wreck of the SS Thistlegorm.
Japanese tank. Solomon Islands, Pacific.
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Doc White / Japanese tank. Solomon Islands, Pacific.
Diver on Prince Albert wreck, intentionally sunk in the mid-eighties, Roatan, Honduras. Model released.
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Roberto Rinaldi / Diver on Prince Albert wreck, intentionally sunk in the mid-eighties, Roatan, Honduras. Model released.