{"id":7710,"date":"2022-06-01T16:12:40","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T14:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.martin-fleischer.com\/en\/shipwreck-and-diver-chidiya-tapu-andamans-india"},"modified":"2022-06-01T16:12:40","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T14:12:40","slug":"shipwreck-and-diver-chidiya-tapu-andamans-india","status":"inherit","type":"attachment","link":"https:\/\/www.martin-fleischer.com\/en\/shipwreck-and-diver-chidiya-tapu-andamans-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Shipwreck and diver (Chidiya Tapu, Andamans &#8211; India)"},"author":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"description":{"rendered":"<p class=\"attachment\"><a data-rel=\"iLightbox[postimages]\" data-title=\"\" data-caption=\"\" href='https:\/\/www.martin-fleischer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2013-01-01-ShipwreckAndDiver-ChidiyaTapu-Andamans-India-scaled.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/www.martin-fleischer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2013-01-01-ShipwreckAndDiver-ChidiyaTapu-Andamans-India-300x199.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium lazyload\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%272560%27%20height%3D%271700%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%202560%201700%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%272560%27%20height%3D%271700%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.martin-fleischer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2013-01-01-ShipwreckAndDiver-ChidiyaTapu-Andamans-India-300x199.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.martin-fleischer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2013-01-01-ShipwreckAndDiver-ChidiyaTapu-Andamans-India-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.martin-fleischer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2013-01-01-ShipwreckAndDiver-ChidiyaTapu-Andamans-India-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.martin-fleischer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2013-01-01-ShipwreckAndDiver-ChidiyaTapu-Andamans-India-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.martin-fleischer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2013-01-01-ShipwreckAndDiver-ChidiyaTapu-Andamans-India-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.martin-fleischer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2013-01-01-ShipwreckAndDiver-ChidiyaTapu-Andamans-India-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.martin-fleischer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2013-01-01-ShipwreckAndDiver-ChidiyaTapu-Andamans-India-800x531.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.martin-fleischer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2013-01-01-ShipwreckAndDiver-ChidiyaTapu-Andamans-India-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.martin-fleischer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2013-01-01-ShipwreckAndDiver-ChidiyaTapu-Andamans-India-1200x797.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.martin-fleischer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2013-01-01-ShipwreckAndDiver-ChidiyaTapu-Andamans-India-1536x1020.jpg 1536w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>She lies about 30m deep in the strait in front of Chidiya Tapu. There is usually a very strong current due to the tides. One has to guess the right time to make the dive. Local divers find the dive spot &#8216;by sight (no GPS)&#8217; by triangulating a few points on land, but nonetheless sometimes, in conditions of poor visibility it is possible to go astray and not find the wreck. But when successful, the dive on this wreck is fascinating: lots of fish, lot of megafauna, lots of batfish with their sleepy faces. The wreck itself has a special charisma. Sinister. I took this shot of Sumer Verma, the local instructor and manager of the &#8216;Lacadives&#8217; diving, while he filmed me&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe src='https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/3A5l6QS6oJEWrL9sSN3l2c' width='100%' height='80' frameborder='0' allowtransparency='true' allow='encrypted-media'><\/iframe><\/p>\n"},"caption":{"rendered":"<p> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps?q=11.473633333333,92.694433333333\"><i class=\"fb-icon-element-1 fb-icon-element fontawesome-icon fa-map-marker-alt fas circle-no fusion-text-flow\" style=\"font-size: 20px;margin-right: 10px;margin-left: 5px;\"><\/i>see place on Google Maps<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.martin-fleischer.com\/relitto-e-subacqueo-chidiya-tapu-andamane-india\"><i style=\"font-size: 20px; margin-right: 10px; margin-left: 5px;\"><\/i>see story<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.martin-fleischer.com\/en\/shipwreck-and-diver-chidiya-tapu-andamans-india\"><i 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