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Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Boca Raton GPS Coordinates The United Caribbean, a 150-foot coastal freighter, was known as the Golden Venture when she ran aground in 1993 just 200 yards off the New York coastline while carrying 228 Chinese illegal immigrants. Each immigrant had paid $30,000 to be smuggled into the United…

Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Boca Raton GPS Coordinates Shark Ledge is located five miles north of the Boca Raton Inlet. The ledge is 15 to 20 feet long and ranges in depth from 50 to 65 feet. Crevices and undercuts allow for protection for much of the sea life that inhabits the…

Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Boca Raton GPS Coordinates Approximately one mile southeast of the Boca Raton Inlet lies the wreckage of the 171-foot Sea Emperor. This hopper barge lies upside-down in 72 feet of water and is surrounded by 1,600 tons of drainage pipes and concrete pilings. These objects were originally intended…

Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Boca Raton GPS Coordinates This section of the third reef line can be found about three miles north of the Boca Raton Inlet. This site ranges in depth from 45 to 65 feet and has several caves and overhangs which protect the variety of pelagic life which inhabits…

Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Boca Raton GPS Coordinates The reef ledge approximately 2.5 miles north of the Hillsboro Inlet is known as Opal Towers. The area has a ledge which reaches as deep as 42 feet with a maximum 10 foot profile. Sponges, corals, lobster, eels, turtles, octopuses, parrotfish, angelfish, and many…

Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Boca Raton GPS Coordinates This 114-foot steel-hulled freighter is located a little over one mile south-southeast of the Boca Raton Inlet. She was the first freighter to be sunk in this area. In her early years, after her sinking in 1988, this ship was very popular, especially for…

Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Boca Raton GPS Coordinates Labonte Reef is located slightly over one mile north of the Hillsboro Inlet, offshore from the Hillsboro Landmark Condominium. This is a great beginner’s reef with a depth range of 35 to 45 feet at the sandy bottom. There are some great holes and…

Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Boca Raton GPS Coordinates Jap Rock is a beach dive at the north end of Boca Raton’s Spanish River Beach. The rocks are easy to spot breaking through the surface, forming a little “bay”. This site is a nice spot for snorkelers because of its shallow depth and…

Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Boca Raton GPS Coordinates The Captain Tony, 167-foot long Dutch freighter originally named the M/V Becks, was scuttled on October 22, 1996 in 85 fsw of water off the coast of Palm Beach / Boca Raton. The Captain Tony, so named in memory of Captain Tony Townsend, a…

Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Boca Raton GPS Coordinates This 167 foot long coastal freighter was built in 1965 and was used to transport dry goods to the Bahamas and Haiti. In July of 1987, she was sunk in 95 feet of water where she sits today, upright with her bow to the…