Sean, Are currents underwater (not tsunamis) strong enough to cover certain wrecks with sand and perhaps uncover others?[/quote]
Yeah I would say things can get covered by sand.. especially over time... with large storms coming they could cover a wreck no problem. I was reading about a guy who's looking for a Spanish Galleon off the Big Island and he used a magnetometer and found a lot of metal... He sent some divers down to 250 feet and they found only lava... but this guy thinks the wreck was covered beneath a lava eruption in the 1800's..
One thing I found interesting researching this wreck was a near-shore collision off NW Molokai involving the SB2C's with several being lost... I bet they are down there!
Here is a snippet from an email regarding my wreck from George Kernahan:
"The likely candidate is BuNo18400 which ditched after its rudder jammed on a training flight. The location given is off the beach, 1 to 2 miles south of NAS Puunene. One possible identifying feature is that the empennage is described as being "twisted to port", though this may not now be evident? The wreck was not recovered by the Navy."
I couldn't find any record of the 18400 being lost... It sounds like the one to me!
Sean