The 120m long wreck very broken up so no penetration is possible. Anything of value has long ago been salvaged by the locals but the guns can still be seen, as can the toilets and boilers. The structure is completely covered in coral and encrusting sponge and is incredibly pretty. Huge schools of fish swarm the wreck and almost block out the light from above.  The wreck is also occasionally visited by bigger fish such as barracuda and even sunfish.
The black sand slope between the wreck and the shore is a great place to spend some time decompressing while hunting for smaller critters. There are patches of garden eels swaying out of their holes plus numerous nudibranch, shrimp and goby species.
The wreck also makes a superb night dive with cocooned parrotfish, free swimming moray eels and lots of lionfish, including oscilate dwarf lionfish.
The Liberty Wreck requires several dives to see it properly and many divers visit Tulamben for a few days and end up staying much longer.
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