Originally posted by dean miller
What a difference 50 years makes....
In the early1950s the tanker "Tampico" went aground at Punta Cabras. For a number of years it exact location was unknown by the divers in SoCal. Then
the road was extended and Vincente Castro opend Castro's Fish Camp. The word driffed back to SoCal diving community that there was a huge ship agroud
at San Vincente, as that area was knwn in those days.
Divers began visiting the area- not for the grounded Tampico, for very little remained other than the rusting hull after the salvage crews and the
locals picked it clean. The attraction was for for the great spearfishing the entire area offered; Halibut, Bass, Yellow Tail & White Sea Bass.
By about 1965 or so the Tampico had slowly disintegrated into small bits and peices and had slowly without fanfare disappeared under the water. The
once proud Tampico was no more, only memories remain.
I have heard that there is a "Tampico Cove" development near Punta Cabras, according to my sources the residents of that community, all recent
transplants are unaware of it's recent (if 50 years is recent) interesting history or the origin of the cove's name.--sad!
Now the spear fishing destination has transformed into a surfing destination .. |
