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Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Miami GPS Coordinates Emerald Reef is a small shallow-water patch reef one mile east of Key Biscayne. It’s considered by many to be one of the most beautiful reefs in Miami, rivaling those found further south in the Florida Keys. The reefs are in 10 to 20 feet…

Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Miami GPS Coordinates This 287-foot steel freighter is located 150 feet down underwater and just mile east of the Pacific Reef Lighthouse. This vessel was built in 1949 and renamed for a local veterinarian and pioneer before it was sunk in 1986. The interesting thing about this sinking…

Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Miami GPS Coordinates The DEMA Trader (formerly known as the GGD Trader) is a 165-foot-long freighter in 80 feet of water about 3 1/2 miles off Key Biscayne. The ship was seized by U.S. Customs for carrying drugs, and was renamed DEMA Trader after the Dive Equipment and…

Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Miami GPS Coordinates The Deep Freeze — now one of Miami’s most popular advanced dive sites — was a 210′ freighter sunk in 135′ of water in October 1976. She had a 33.5′ beam and displaced 1,138 gross tons of water. Her top deck can be reached at…

Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Miami GPS Coordinates The US Customs Reef is located four miles east of Key Biscayne and contains four cargo ships. These ships include the Bradywine, Minguana, Etoile de Mer, and Tacoma which were all sunk in 2001. The Tacoma was not one of the initial ships sunk to…

Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Miami GPS Coordinates Built in the early 1940s and originally named Christina, this U.S. Navy steel tug was purchased by the Department of Environmental Resources and prepared for sinking in 1990. The engines, portholes and hatches were removed and on October 27th, the tugboat, Captain Donald, began to…

Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Miami GPS Coordinates While anchored off Miami Beach in February of 1991, this Honduran freighter was pummeled by heavy winds and rough seas until it broke anchor and ran aground just offshore of South Beach. After months of court battles, and rigorous cleaning to the tune of over…

Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Miami GPS Coordinates This 175-foot passenger freight was sunk in 1983 and is filled with sea life. The Blue Fire was seized during the Cuban exodus by the Coast Guard. Today, she is located South of Miami and is home to many larger fish such as jacks, snapper,…

Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Miami GPS Coordinates The Biscayne Wreck is located 4.5 miles east of Key Biscayne and was a well-kept fisherman’s secret from 1974 to 1980. This 120-foot ship was often referred to as the “Banana Freighter” because it was used to transport bananas between the Caribbean Islands and from…

Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Miami GPS Coordinates The Anchorage Artificial Reef site includes several barges, ships, and concrete structures in close proximity to each other. Two Army tanks are also in the Anchorage. Billy’s Barge is 110 feet in length and sits in just 50 feet of water. It is surrounded by…