Vanuatu · Espiritu Santo
SS President Coolidge
Dry-season wreck diving window with clearer water and easier access.
The SS President Coolidge is a 200m former luxury liner-turned-troopship that hit mines off Espiritu Santo in 1942 — now one of the world's largest accessible wrecks, with the bow at 20m and stern at 70m+. Multiple dives required to see it.
Good season
Year-round; May–October is driest. Water 28–29°C consistently.
Trip duration
5–10 nights on Espiritu Santo.
Dive style
Shore-entry wreck diving (yes, you walk in); penetration on most dives; depths 20–60m.
Dive level
Advanced + wreck specialty required; tech training for deeper sections.
Reef health
No survey on fileWe don’t yet have a survey or thermal-stress record on file for this location. That doesn’t mean the reef is healthy — it means we can’t say either way.
Dive sites here
2 curated
SS President Coolidge
Luxury liner converted to troop ship that struck a US mine off Espiritu Santo in 1942. At 198 m long she is one of the largest accessible wr…
Million Dollar Point
Shore-entry dive over the largest WWII military surplus dump in the world, 6 km east of Luganville on Segond Channel. When the US Navy aband…
Gear
What to bringSite-specific add-ons
Some dive sites here call for extra gear. Check the individual site page for full context.
- Dive light — Deep penetration through cabins, ballroom, and engine room. · SS President Coolidge
- Computer — Multi-level decompression dives standard on this wreck. · SS President Coolidge
What divers say
“I've dived the Coolidge thirty times and still find new corridors. It's a wreck-diver's career destination.”