The deck hatches are open and allow penetration. A canon is attached to the bow and the super structure looms out of the deck some 50' to 75' feet. Because of the size of this wreck and the depth, it is difficult to circumnavigate the entire wreck without the use of doubles and nitrox. Several dives should be made to fully enjoy this awesome wreck. This is not a easy dive to say the least.
Visibility is sometimes poor and two to five knot currents are common.
This wreck is not always in the Gulf Stream, so thermoclines are common. On one dive in summer months the surface temperature was 80 degrees and the bottom temperature was a bone chilling 66 degrees. My most memorable dive was one summer 6 years ago. Because the current was very strong we decided to drift dive into the wreck. We dropped in south of the wreck, dropped to 110 feet, with me pulling a float ball and 100' of line.