A short distance off the Ras Beirut coastline, on the seabed not far from Sporting Club Beach, sits the wreck of the Macedonia. The ship ran aground in 1962. What remains is a known dive site, visited regularly by the club's scuba programme and by independent divers working out of Beirut.

The video below is footage of the wreck on the seabed. It is not a guided tour or a promotional piece — it is a record of what is down there.

The wreck of the Macedonia, on the seabed off the Ras Beirut coastline a short distance from Sporting Club Beach. Filmed by divers in recent years.

The wreck

The Macedonia is one of several twentieth-century wrecks along the Beirut coastline. Its position — close to shore, accessible to recreational divers, and within reach of the club's coastline — has kept it on the local dive map for decades.

What is visible in the footage:

The remains of the hull, now substantially overgrown
The marine life that has colonised the site
The sea floor as it looks at the depths divers from Sporting work at

Visibility off the Manara shore varies by season and weather. The Mediterranean here is not the clearest part of the basin. What it gives the wreck, instead, is a long-standing local connection: a piece of coastal history that anyone with a tank and a basic certificate can reach in a single dive.

How to dive it

Sporting Club Beach runs a scuba programme out of the property. The Macedonia is one of the sites visited. Visitors with their own certification can also arrange a dive directly with the club.

What we know and don't know

The shipwreck is real. The year on the file and the title is 1962. Beyond that, the precise circumstances of the grounding — the cargo, the route, the immediate aftermath — are the kind of detail we have not independently verified. If you have a primary source, send it to us and we will cite it here.