The Avvenier wat an italian steel ship that used to transport different materials and had a 48 m lenght and a hose of 8.5 m. It sink in 1971 during its usuall pathway between Viareggio and Barcelona due to a bad weather, and it was located at 2 miles from Trencabraços.
At the moment of the sink, this ship was transporting marble, and thats the reason of naming it as El Marmoler. It is the only ship nowaday in Costa Brava that has sink naturally and it is accessible by diving. It is found in a sand bottom at -42 m. We can find some lobsters and congers hidding.
L’Avvenire era una motonau italiana d’acer dedicada a l’activitat mercant amb una eslora de 48 m i una manega de 8.5 m. Va naufragar el 1971 durant la seva ruta habitual entre Viareggio i Barcelona a causa del mal temps. Va ser localitzat el 1973 a unes 2 milles de la punta de Trencabraços.
En el moment del naufragi transportava plaques de marbre, responsable del seu nom popular (El Marmoler). Es l’unic vaixell sencer de la Costa Brava que es pot considerar un autentic derelicte (no ha estat enfonsat expressament) i que esta a una profunditat accessible per al busseig. Es troba gairebe intacte a un fons de sorra a uns -42 m i sol estar envoltat d’aigües bastant terboles. A part del contingut del vaixell, tambe hi trobem congres, llagostes i llamantols refugiant-se.
Level: Advanced Open Water
Deep: 39-44 m
Sea: Mediterraneo – Golf de Roses
Departure Point : Port L’Escala
Water temperature (°C): winter 12º – summer 25º
Temperature (°C): winter 6º – summer 34º
Visibility: winter 3 m – summer 10 m