How many shipwrecks are there in Victorian waters?
There are believed to be about 650 historic shipwrecks in Victorian waters. Only about 25 percent of these have been found and explored. A selection of these are recorded on Admiralty Charts. Many wrecks await discovery in less popular dive spots, or in the deep waters off the coast. These sites are most often found by recreational divers, but are increasingly found as a result of development activity, such as installing telecommunications cables and pipelines, or through channel dredging and fishing activities.
