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Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Fort Lauderdale GPS Coordinates Jim Atria was a developer, diver, and sport fisherman who lived in Broward County. He assisted in the sinking of this vessel because he wanted to show his appreciation for the surrounding community. The ship, a 240-foot Dutch freighter, was originally named Poinciana and…

Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Fort Lauderdale GPS Coordinates At the center of this artificial reef is the Jay Scutti, a harbor tugboat purchased by Dale Scutti and donated to the Broward County’s Artificial Reef Program in order to be sunk in memory of his son, Jay. This site is now a collection…

Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Fort Lauderdale GPS Coordinates Originally named Duzaway, this 70-foot wreck known as Old Houseboat, was reefed in 90 feet of water in 1987 to create and artifical reef. Soft coral and baitfish inhabit this wreck, which is impressive for its colorful nature. There are many schools of large…

Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Fort Lauderdale GPS Coordinates Hog Heaven is a 180-foot barge that lies upside down in 64 feet of water. While traveling to be sunk as an artificial reef, this ship flipped upside down. The barge was owned by Western Contractors Company of Iowa and was sunk in 1986.…

Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Fort Lauderdale GPS Coordinates Beginning a half-mile south of Port Everglades, Hammerhead Reef stretches for 2.5 miles and ends at the Dania Pier. The base of the reef lies in 80 feet of water on the eastern side and in 60 feet on the western side. The reef…

Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Fort Lauderdale GPS Coordinates Located six miles north of the Port Everglades Cut, the Hall of Fame Moorings consist of a series of ledges that are marked by nine buoys. Depths at this site begin at 15 feet and reach down to 30 feet. The ledges provide a…

Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Fort Lauderdale GPS Coordinates The Guy Harvey was a 185-foot Haitian freighter originally christened the M/V Lady Kimberly. The ship was built in Holland in 1957, where she spent her last years carrying island cargo to and from Haiti. In 1997, with financial help from renowned marine artist…

Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Fort Lauderdale GPS Coordinates Sunk June 23, 1998 as part of the Broward County Artificial Reef Program, this 101-foot former New York harbor boat now lies in 75 feet of water and rises 30 feet off the sea floor. Juvenile anemones, sponges and soft corals thrive on the…

Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Fort Lauderdale GPS Coordinates The steamer, Copenhagen, was built in England in 1898. This ship was carrying almost 5,000 tons of coal and 26 crew members when she ran aground in 1900. The ship’s captain, William Jones, was trying to direct the ship to stay off shore by…

Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Fort Lauderdale GPS Coordinates The Hollyhock was a 175-foot U.S. Coast Guard buoy tender built in March of 1937 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In 1959, she was moved to Detroit, Michigan, where she was used as an ice breaker in Lake Michigan. She later served in Miami, Florida —…