The Noula Express

This wreck holds many 'firsts' in her past. She was the first freighter to be sunk in the area, the first joint effort by the two counties in the artificial reef program. She was the first artificial to be scuttled rather than blown up. From 1988 to 1992 her open hold, and easily navigated lower levels, made her a popular site for night wreck diving. That all changed in August of 1992 when Hurricane Andrew broke the steel hulled ship in three pieces and scattered her about the ocean floor a small bit. Near the bow is the remains of the "Drug Sub", designed to be towed submerged behind a boat, it was discovered before it could smuggle it’s first load of drugs into the country. it was welded shut and sunk next to the Noula but when the hurricane broke up the wreck, it bounced the bow on the sub and crushed it flat.