Category: Marathon
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East Washerwoman
Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Marathon GPS Coordinates Six miles southwest of Key Colony Beach lays East Washerwoman Shoal. This site ranges in depth from 10 to 20 feet and is marked by a 36-foot tower. Snorkeling can be done in the shallow areas. Rose, brain, star and staghorn coral can all be…
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Duck Key Wreck
Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Marathon GPS Coordinates This area, also called the Boiler Patch, is home to the remnants of an 1889 steam-powered freighter. All that remains today are four large smoke stacks and two boilers. Although this steamer is unidentified and little is known about her, divers will be able to…
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Delta Shoals
Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Marathon GPS Coordinates The Delta Shoals are home to several wrecks, a vast network of coral canyons, and elkhorn, brain, and star coral heads. Here you’ll find the remnants of the Ivory Wreck, so named for the up to six-foot long elephant tusks found aboard by divers. This…
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Coffins Patch
Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Marathon GPS Coordinates Although there is no evidence of the ship or its loot, this location was named for a ship that sank carrying a cargo of coffins. This area is a series of reefs which are unmarked and therefore not heavily used. Depths range from 10 to…
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Adolphus Busch
Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Marathon GPS Coordinates Marked by a series of mooring buoys, the remains of this 210-foot freighter lay 6 miles southwest of Big Pine Key. The vessel was originally named Ocean Alley but was later renamed Adolphus Busch after the senior member of the Busch brewing family. This ship…