M/V Zion Train
Florida · Up to 27.4 m
Artificial reef built from 164' Steel Ship, the "Zion Train" ($25,000-Local Funding)
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Scuba Diving in Florida, United States
Best dive sites in Florida, United States
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John D MacArthur Beach State Park
Florida · 0.6–3 m
John D. MacArthur Beach State Park on Singer Island protects a rare stretch of natural barrier-island habitat with a 125,000-year-old Anastasia limestone rock reef lying just off the sand. The shallow, hole-pitted reef — built up by colonies of sabellariid reef-building tube worms — is easily reached from shore and visible from the surface, making it one of Palm Beach County's best beach snorkels. Depths are only a few feet, so timing around high tide and calm surf matters, and a dive flag is mandatory because boats work close to the reef.
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Sea Emperor
Florida · Up to 19.8 m
Artificial reef built from 171' Hopper Barge, the "Sea Emperor"
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Lofthus
Florida · 4.6–6.1 m
The Lofthus, a 222-ft iron-hulled Norwegian barque built in 1868, wrecked off Manalapan in 1898 while carrying lumber from Pensacola to Buenos Aires. The scattered iron hull now lies in 15-20 ft of water about 175 yards offshore, three-quarters of a mile north of Boynton Inlet, and was designated Florida's eighth Underwater Archaeological Preserve in 2004 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Sand movement alternately exposes and buries the wreckage, which shelters lobster, grunts, porkfish and rays.
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Monsanto Boxes
Florida · Up to 22.9 m
The Monsanto Boxes were concrete structures donated by the Monsanto chemical plant and deployed as artificial reefs in Escambia County's nearshore reef zone off Pensacola Beach. County surveys report that only the concrete pilings (about two dozen at the north site) remain, lying in roughly 72-75 feet of water. The low-relief rubble still draws flounder, snapper and baitfish and is mainly visited as a fishing reef or easy second wreck-zone dive.
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Golden Beach Boulders
Florida · Up to 13.1 m
Artificial reef built from three Piles of Limestone Boulders and 3 Concrete Slabs
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P. C. Barge
Florida · Up to 25 m
The PC Barge and Towers is a public artificial reef in the Escambia County reef zone off Pensacola Beach, consisting of a steel barge with holes opened along its sides and two sets of steel towers deployed alongside. The complex sits on sand in about 82 feet of water and provides good relief for schooling baitfish, snapper and spadefish. It is typically dived by charter together with the nearby Soule Barge, Tug Sylvia and Tug Deliverance.
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Jackson Blue Spring
Florida · 5–27.4 m
Jackson Blue Spring is a first-magnitude spring at the head of Merritt's Mill Pond near Marianna and one of the most popular full-cave dives in the United States. The entrance at the main vent leads into miles of mostly large, clear, white-limestone passage with notable flow, commonly dived with stages and DPVs. Access is by permit through Cave Adventurers with a gate code for year-round entry; the basin doubles as a county swim park in summer.
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Bob Reay Reef-Belize Queen
Florida · Up to 34.1 m
Artificial reef built from 85' Steel Tugboat, Formally Called the "Belize Queen"
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Spiegel Grove
Florida · 19.8–39.6 m
The USS Spiegel Grove, a 510-ft Navy landing ship dock scuttled in 2002 six miles off Key Largo, is one of the largest artificial reefs in the world. She rests upright in 130 ft of water with her superstructure starting around 60-65 ft, serviced by seven permanent mooring buoys inside the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Strong currents and sheer scale make it a genuine advanced dive, while the labyrinthine interior is a renowned technical/wreck-penetration playground; goliath grouper, jacks and bull sharks patrol the structure.
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MG-111 Barge
Florida · Up to 18.3 m
Artificial reef built from 195' Hopper Barge "MG11", with 1,000 tons of Concrete
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