Yet travelers who only know these waters from shoreline cities often miss their quieter side, where shipwrecks rest beneath clear depths, small ports wake to foghorns and science teams study a living ecosystem in real time.
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Malika Bowling,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
At such depths, even minor disturbances can obscure visibility and damage artifacts that have remained intact for centuries.
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