Million Dollar Point

Verified2026-09-24 checkedWreckReef

Bulldozers, cranes and jeeps pushed into the sea in 1945 and left there, from the shallows down to 40 m.

Depth: 5–40 m16–131 ft
Difficulty: Intermediate
Entry: Shore
Typical current: Light
Coordinates: 15°30.816′S 167°12.468′E
Activities: Scuba · Snorkelling

At the end of the war the American forces on Santo offered their surplus equipment to the returning colonial administration, which declined to pay for it. So they built a ramp and drove it into the sea — bulldozers, trucks, cranes, forklifts, crates of bottles — and left. The debris field runs from the shallows to about 40 m and you can snorkel the top of it. Coral has taken most of what is shallow; deeper down the shapes are still obviously machinery. Sharp metal everywhere and the shallows can surge, so this is a site for gloves and for watching where you put a hand.

Shore entry a few kilometres south-east of Luganville on Espiritu Santo.

Best season

ExcellentMay–Sep
GoodOct–Dec
GoodMar–Apr
FairJan–Feb

Before you get in

Going inside a wreck is an overhead environment: silt can take the visibility in seconds, and there is entanglement. Swimming the outside of it is a different dive.
Past 30 m, where no-stop time and gas both go quickly and nitrogen narcosis starts to show.

Taken from this site’s recorded depth, type and current, and nothing else. An empty list is not a safe site — the sea on the day, the local geography and the boat traffic are not in it. The briefing on the spot comes first.

Conditions

Water temperature: 26.6°C80°F
Wave height: 0.8 m3 ft

Updated 2026-10-07 15:45 UTC · Source: Open-Meteo

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0)

Conditions are reported for information only. Assess the site yourself and follow your guide and your training.

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Sea state and tide

On a date

Tide · 10/8

High02:201.41 m
Low08:340.15 m
High14:581.46 m
Low21:020.30 m

Forecast heights against mean sea level. Real tides in a bay, a harbour or over a flat can differ — check an official tide table before you get in.

Pick a day to see its tide

Only wave height and wind are scored, because those are what close a boat ramp or a shore entry. Water temperature is reported and never scored: 12°C is an ordinary dive in a drysuit and punishing in a 3 mm, and a number that cannot see your suit has no business marking it down. Stars do not decide whether you get in — you and your guide do, on the day.

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0)

Marine life you may see

NudibranchNudibranchiaCommon
Christmas tree wormSpirobranchus giganteusCommon
Clark’s anemonefishAmphiprion clarkiiCommon
Red lionfishPterois volitansSeasonal
Staghorn coralAcropora spp.Common
TrumpetfishAulostomus chinensisCommon
Feather starCrinoideaCommon
Blue sea starLinckia laevigataCommon

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