Ships Passing in the Night
Ships Passing in the Night on the Gulf of Mexico
The Gulf of Mexico is a partially landlocked ocean basin — only a narrow connection to the Atlantic exists as the gulf is surrounded by North America and Cuba.
It is the ninth largest body of water in the world, covering about 600,000 square miles, and is bordered by five US states in the north, five Mexican states in the west, and Cuba in the southeast.
Almost half of the gulf basin is shallow waters over continental shelves, though it contains a trough that measures as deep as 14,383 feet.
Ship Traffic Density Map of GULF OF MEXICO
They estimate that over 4,000 shipwrecks rest on the floor of the Gulf of Mexico from its nearshore shallows to its deepest abyss.
Ships Passing in the Night
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That is a lot of downed ships. I am always amazed at how shallow the Gulf is at points when I see fishermen standing 300 yards out and only waist deep.
Me too, they built a new beach on the east end of the island. They went out 320 yards. It was amazing to watch them drive that far out. I made a video of it this year. https://youtu.be/3wBGlD19y80?si=3bs56o5dAXZuUXAA
The beach is so big now. They brought in 1.3 million cubic yards of sand. Pretty cool.
I had no idea that there were so many shipwrecks in that area … they build these ships so large now and even a new cruise ship that launched a month or so ago. I saw it on the news; it was like a floating hotel.
Yes, no way I would want to go on one of those cruise ships.
Way too big! I watched the video of this newest cruise ship and every floor had a pool and just like being in a hotel … it would take away the fun of being out on the water and “at sea” .. I’m sure a lot of people are there mostly for the entertainment, not any sights.
The Gulf of Mexico seems very busy
It is, everyday ships passing by south of Mobile Al.
Exciting for me to see your post because sunrise in the Gulf would be easy
to see. Grest photos! Totally interesting Sandra
Thank you very much Eddie. ☺️
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Thank you very much Francine ☺️ 😊
Very interesting to see the map of the dens traffic in the Gulf of Mexico.
We have the channel (in the North See) between the United Kingdom and the European main land that is also one of the buzzy corridors for ship traffic. 🙂
Ships everywhere, ☺️
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Thank you 😊