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Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all West Palm Beach GPS Coordinates Located approximately three nautical miles South-Southeast of the Palm Beach Inlet are two ledges that run north-south. The first ledge starts in 85 feet of water and has a five to six foot relief. The top of this ledge is flat and 20…

Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all West Palm Beach GPS Coordinates Due to its small size, this barge is often neglected by divers looking for impressive wreck sites in West Palm Beach. Thus, with few divers to disturb the marine life, all the fish on this site are large and eager to greet divers.…

Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all West Palm Beach GPS Coordinates The Shasha Boekanier was seized as part of Operation Riverwalk and are now part of Governor’s Riverwalk Reef, dedicated in honor of Governor Jeb Bush to commemorate his crime fighting efforts. The ship was sunk in 2002 in 90′ of water just 1.5…

Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all West Palm Beach GPS Coordinates Where else but Palm Beach would you expect to find a 1985 Silver Cloud Rolls Royce resting on the ocean floor? The brand new car was donated and sunk to inaugurate the Artificial Reef Program. Though this site epitomizes the wealth and luxury…

Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all West Palm Beach GPS Coordinates Once used to shuttle people and automobiles across the Chesapeake Bay, this 350-foot ferry was sunk in 1993. The vessel sits upright with her stern sitting in 105 feet of water and her bow in 95 feet of water. The hull begins at…

Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all West Palm Beach GPS Coordinates Playpen (a.k.a., Tri-County Artificial Reef) is an artificial reef created with concrete culverts, junction boxes and old cement lightposts. The reef, created in 1992, is now a labyrinth of tunnels, ledges, and holes brimming with marine life. The round cement pipes make a…

Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all West Palm Beach GPS Coordinates Situated about seven miles south of the Palm Beach Inlet, Paul’s Reef is one of the most pristine and enjoyable drift dives in Palm Beach. The main ledge, which runs north to south, begins at 54 feet and rises to 42 feet. Paul’s…

Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all West Palm Beach GPS Coordinates In 1968, the 185-foot Greek Luxury liner Mizpah was sunk to serve as an artificial reef and fish preserve. The wreck lies in a north-south orientation about a mile northeast of the Palm Beach Inlet. The Mizpah lies upright and intact except for…

Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all West Palm Beach GPS Coordinates Horseshoe Reef is located 10 miles south of the Palm Beach Inlet and one mile northeast of the Lake Worth Pier. This ledge system starts at 60 feet in the sand and rises quickly to 47 feet. The inside of the reef has…

Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all West Palm Beach GPS Coordinates The Gilbert Sea was built in 1966 in the Netherlands. She was under a Honduras flag when she was seized by the US Customs Department — 74 pounds of cocaine were found hidden inside the false bottom of a 55 gallon drum. The…