About Us
Based in Cape Town, Wreckless Marine is a private company established to facilitate ocean exploration and increase the knowledge of what lies beneath the seas.
Explore, discover, connect and share.
It is our mission to explore the South African coast and discover new areas of interest that are valuable to the field of marine science. We collaborate with like-minded institutions and individuals such as marine biologists, oceanographers, geoscientists, and maritime archaeologists.
The team
Bruce henderson
Founder, Skipper and Diver
Bruce has been diving and sailing since the mid 1980s. He holds a SAMSA Category A Skipper Offshore certificate of competency for vessels over 9m and is a SAS Yacht Master. He is an IANTD Technical Instructor with trimix certifications for open and closed-circuit diving. An avid mariner and diver, Bruce founded Wreckless Marine in 2020 to further pursue these passions.
grant whitford
Skipper
Grant is an experienced skipper and navigator. He qualified as an H1 hydrographic surveyor with the Royal Navy and served in the South African Navy as a senior survey officer and bridge watch keeper aboard the SAS Protea. Grant is a CMAS and IANTD certified instructor and technical diver. As a keen wreck diver, he found and documented several previously lost Western Cape shipwrecks. Grant is also the owner of Blue Flash, a dive charter and dry suit services business, based in Cape Town.
Tanya CIlliers
Survey intern
Tanya recently joined the team as a survey and mapping intern. She holds a BSc Biodiversity and Ecology degree and is currently furthering her studies in Geoinformatics at Stellenbosch University. Tanya previously interned with Vula Environmental Services, working on dune rehabilitation projects along various Cape Town beaches. Through her work above the water, she has developed a keen interest in marine environments and the exploration of what lies beneath the ocean’s surface.
Our Vessels
Wreckless
Wreckless is a 7.3m Gemini RIB powered by two 150 HP Yamaha outboard motors. It serves as a dive boat and general marine services vessel that provides quick and easy access to anywhere along the South African coastline.
Wreckless II
Wreckless II, is a 13m Bobkat catamaran, built by Two Oceans Marine. In 2020 it underwent a complete refit as a research and dive vessel. The refit included the installation of two new 440 HP Yanmar inboard engines, a 100 l/hr water-maker, a Bauer Oceanus dive compressor and a diver lift.