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Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Tampa GPS Coordinates The Tug Orange is the highlight of the South County Artificial Reef site. The tug was built in 1903 as an 80-foot long, steel-hulled harbor tug. Orange was a workhorse used to push railroad barges in the New York Harbor area before moving south and…

Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Tampa GPS Coordinates This artificial reef is just over five miles out from the Pass-A-Grille Channel Entrance Marker #2 and is a favorite spot for fishermen. The reef was is about 300 feet in length and was started in 1976 when large concrete sections of the Old Corey…

Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Tampa GPS Coordinates The South County Artificial Reef Site lies 11 miles out from the Pass-A-Grille entrance marker and 10 miles from the St. John’s Pass entrance marker. South County is a quarter-mile square artificial reef area in which two reefs have been developed. The center of the…

Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Tampa GPS Coordinates The Sheridan lies within the Pinellas #2 Artificial Reef Site and is just 100 yards southeast of the USCG Blackthorn. The Sheridan is a fantastic wreck dive. The 180-foot tugboat lies upright and fully intact in about 75-80 feet of water. The tug lists about…

Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Tampa GPS Coordinates Indian Shores Reef is just over 11 miles from the Clearwater Pass entrance marker #1 and about 13 miles from the John’s Pass entrance marker. This artificial reef was started in 1962 with the placement of 125 pillboxes. The reef now includes three sunken ships,…

Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Tampa GPS Coordinates The history of the Gunsmoke is a modern-day pirate tale. It’s said that during the 1970’s the old shrimper was being used to smuggle marijuana. One story says that in January 1977 the drug smugglers were secretly unloading their cargo near Panama City when two…

Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Tampa GPS Coordinates The U.S.C.G. Blackthorn is one of the most popular wreck dives in the Tampa area. The buoy tender served nearly 40 years in the U S. Coast Guard maintaining navigational aids, breaking ice on the Great Lakes and assisting in salvage missions as well as…