THE DEEP Filming Locations

Discover the real wreck of  RMS Rhone ,  in the British Virgin Islands, which was a filming location for  The Deep 's fictitious Goliath . The location is also connected to BVI's diving pioneers,  Bert and  Jackie Kilbride , and to Peter Island Yacht Club (now Peter Island Resort). The 10 exact places on Rhone where  The Deep was filmed are revealed below.  RMS Rhone (Source Illustrated London News) RMS Rhone is a real wreck which sank 29 October 1867 after striking  Black Rock Point , at Salt Island in the British Virgin Islands,  during the  San Narciso Hurricane .  The exact death toll remains uncertain because an unknown number of passengers from  RMS Conway   transferred to the "unsinkable" Rhone when both Rhone and Conway  began to drag their anchors while moored at Peter Island.  Conway featured on a 1985 Belize stamp commemorating the 350th anniversary of the British Post Office. ...

The shark frenzy above the wreck of  Goliath   was filmed at multiple locations edited together to look like a single place. The same editing technique was used to create the  Orange Grove Hotel  and  St. David's Lighthouse . The shark frenzy filming locations were: The Coral Sea, Australia, including, "Action Point" at the north end of  Marion Reef ,  Diamond Islets , and  Lihou Reefs , The world's  Biggest Underwater Set (BUS)  at Ireland Island South, Bermuda, and, The bow section of the  RMS Rhone  shipwreck at Salt Island in the British Virgin Islands. In his 2002 autobiographical thriller, Shark Trouble , Peter Benchley described escaping a pack of agitated bull sharks, with his wife Wendy and eleven-year old son Clayton, off Long Island  in the Bahamas.  Wendy, Peter, and Clayton Benchley, with Roy Scheider on the set of Jaws 1974 ( Source Universal Pictures via  Shark Trouble ). The trio huddled to...