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Flower Gardens
Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all West Palm Beach GPS Coordinates The Flower Gardens are located 4.25 nautical miles south of the Palm Beach Inlet. This shallow ledge contains an inside and outside ledge drop. The former has large amounts of sea life and an amazing ecosystem. The Outside edge has several fingers and…
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Eidsvag & Owens
Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all West Palm Beach GPS Coordinates Sunk in 1985 as part of Artificial Reef Site 2, the 125-foot freighter Owens sits upright on the bottom. Nearby, the broken remains of Eidsvag, a 150-foot freighter, rest on the bottom. The stern of the ship was broken free by storms and…
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Cable Crossing
Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all West Palm Beach GPS Coordinates This reef takes its name from the large communication cable that runs through the area. Cable Crossing is located 3 3/4 miles south of the Palm Beach Inlet and sits only a quarter mile offshore. The reef lies in 25 feet of water…
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Breaker’s Shallow
Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all West Palm Beach GPS Coordinates Located just over 3 miles south from the Palm Beach Inlet, the entire area is covered with shallow patch reef not often seen this far north. This reef is known for a steep inside wall that rises from 30 feet in the sand…
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Bath & Tennis
Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all West Palm Beach GPS Coordinates In bright sunshine Bath & Tennis reef becomes alive with colors. Depths in this area range from 43 feet to 65 feet. Inshore in 10 feet of water the remnants of a vintage shipwreck can be seen. Locating this area may be difficult…
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Amarilys
Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all West Palm Beach GPS Coordinates When a hurricane struck Florida in 1965, the 441-foot banana freighter Amarilys washed ashore on Singer Island. The freighter was sunk in 1968 as part of Palm Beach County’s Artificial Reef Program. It now lies in 85 feet of water about a mile…
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Tower
Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Naples GPS Coordinates This 70 foot military navigational tower rests in 35 feet of water. Large schools of pelagic fish, snapper, barracuda, and snapper can be found swimming in and out of the complex framework of the tower. Visibility in the area fluctuates from 10 to 70 feet.…
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Tea Cup Ledges
Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Naples GPS Coordinates With ledges running from one to three feet high, Tea Cup Ledges is a large area of abundant marine life, soft corals, and sponge bottoms. The site is located 12 miles northwest of Gordon Pass. Visibility in the area varies from 10 to 30 feet.…
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Santa Lucia
Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Naples GPS Coordinates In 1994, 29 refugees fleeing Cuba used the Santa Lucia, a 47 foot turtle boat, for their voyage to the United States. In 1997 the vessel was brought out of storage in a Naples boat yard and towed to sea to become part of and…
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Naples Ledges
Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Naples GPS Coordinates The four to six foot ledges of this site contain a series of ledges, cracks, and holes that are loaded with fish life including many varieties of grouper and snapper. Naples Ledges is located about 15 miles northwest of Gordon Pass. Visibility along the line…