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This reef is an artificial reef that covers and area of 0.37 X 0.61 miles and consists of the USCG Cutter Blackthorn, the tug Sheridan and a steel barge put down between 1982 and 1999. This reef is considered West Central Florida’s best wreck dive. Grouper, snapper, amberjack and crevelle jack are often found here. Yellow buoy marks the reef. This reef is 22.6 miles at 254 degrees from Clearwater Pass and 25.7 miles at 285 degrees from Johns Pass. The water depths here are in the 80 foot range with a maximum relief of 15 feet off the bottom. Learn More

This is an artificial reef that covers an area of 0.38 X 0.40 miles and consists of a 100 ft. barge, bundled pipes, concrete power poles, concrete culverts and boxes, a 60 ft. sailboat and concrete reef balls put down between 1994 and 2004. This site is 25.4 miles at 259 degrees from the Punta Rassa Boat Ramp and 15 miles off of the Western part of Sanibel Island. The water depths here are in the 60 foot range and has a maximum relief of 19.5 feet off the bottom. Learn More

This is an artifical reef which consists of 2500 tons of concrete rubble, slabs and limestone boulders. This site is 6.7 miles at 311 degrees from North West tip of Marco Island. The reef was created between 2002 and 2003. The water depths here are in the 28 foot range. Learn More

This reef is an artificial reef that covers an area of 0.14 X 0.13 miles which consists of a steel ship wreck. This reef is 17.8 miles at 267 degrees from Clearwater Pass and 23.9 miles at 300 degrees from John’s pass. The water depths here are in the 60 foot range with a maximum relief of 9.4 feet off the bottom. Learn More

This is an artificial reef consisting of 547 tons of concrete culverts scatered over a 360 foot square with up to a 5.6 foot relief. It is located 6.3 miles @255 degrees from Stump Pass. The reef was created in 1992. The water depths here are in the 43 foot range. Learn More

This is an artificial reef that covers an area of 0.27 X 0.46 miles and consists of  thousands of tons of bridge material, concrete culverts and reefballs put down between 1992 and 2005.  This reef is close to shore at 1.5 miles west of Bradenton Beach and 4.3 miles at 320 degrees from Longboat Pass entrance and 3.4 miles at 169 degrees tip of Anna Maria Island.  The water depths here are in the 25 foot range and has a maximum relief of 5.7 feet off the bottom.

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This is an artificial reef covering a 0.23 mile square area. The reef consists of 10 old railroad boxcars and 600 tons of concrete culverts put down in 1995. Additional tons of concrete culverts and boxcars were put down post 1995. This site is 13.7 miles @ 253 degrees from New Pass. The water depths here are in the 50 foot range and has a maximum relief of 4.5 feet off the bottom. Learn More

This is an artificial reef that covers an area of 0.34 X 0.32 miles and consists of old power poles, a crane and a barge and was put down in 1992. This site is 7.3 miles at 254 degrees from Boca Grande Pass. The water depths here are in the 45 foot range and has a maximum relief of 5.8 feet off the bottom. Learn More

This is an artificial reef that covers an area of 0.33 X 0.28 miles and consists of a 45 ft. steel sailboat, concrete bridge rubble, 2-5 ft. boulders and a number of reef balls put down between 2003 and 2008. This site is 19.5 miles at 256 degrees from the Punta Rassa Boat Ramp and 10.4 miles off the western end of Sanibel Island. The water depths here are in the 45 foot range and has a maximum relief of 3.1 feet off the bottom. Learn More

This reef is an artificial reef that covers and area 0.98 X 1.36 miles and consists of concrete junctions boxes, culverts, slabs, poles, manholes and cutoff pilings along with two North West rows of tetrahedrons put down between 1999 and 2004. Three 100 foot steel barges are just south of the yellow buoy. There are high profile structures north of the buoy. The reef is 11.7 miles at 272 degrees from Hurricane Pass and 12.8 miles at 300 degrees from Clearwater Pass. The water depths here are in the 45 foot range with a maximum relief of 9.4 feet off the bottom. There is a plaque 50 feet from the center buoy that commemorates all veterans. Learn More

This is an artificial reef that covers an area of 0.26 X 0.23 miles and consists of 1632 tons of limestone rock and put down in 2008. This site is 3 miles at 354 degrees from Boca Grande Pass and the shore off of Cape Haze and .12 miles West off the beach of Boca Grande. The water depths here are in the 12 foot range and has a maximum relief of 3.6 feet off the bottom. Learn More

This reef is an natural ledge that covers an area 0.13 X 0.12 miles. The reef is 9.4 miles at 386 degrees from Clearwater Pass. The water depths here are in the 40 foot range. This is a natural ledge with a maximum relief of 3 feet. Learn More

This is an artificial reef covering a 0.16 x 0.22 mile area. The reef consists of may tons of concrete culverts and rubble with a maximum relief of 6 feet. This site is close to shore at 2.6 miles @ 163 degrees from Venice Inlet and .31 miles @ 253 degrees from the beach near the Venice Airport. The water depths here are in the 22 foot range. Sharks teeth can usually be found in and around the concrete. Learn More

This reef is an artificial reef covering an area of 0.33 X 0.27 miles and consists of 530 tons of concrete culverts, pipes, poles, junction boxes, three steel barges put down between 2001 and 2004 and the 80 ft. long tug named Orange, which was sunk in 2003. This reef is 12.5 miles at 251 degrees from Johns Pass and 14.8 miles at 282 degrees from Pass a Grill Pass. The water depths here are in the 45 foot range with a maximum relief of 8 feet off the bottom. Learn More

This is an artificial reef that covers an area of 0.30 X 0.51 miles in two sections one half mile apart and consists of concrete culverts and fiberglass boat molds put down in 1987. This site is close to shore at 3.4 miles at 221 degrees from the NW tip of Anna Maria Island and 7.0 miles at 305 degrees from Longboat Pass. The water depths here are in the 28 foot range and has a maximum relief of 4.7 feet off the bottom.

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This is an artificial reef covering a 460 foot square area. The reef consists of hundreds of tons of concrete culverts put down in 2007. This site is 16.8 miles @ 173 degrees from the Venice Inlet and 6.3 miles @ 253 degrees from Stump Pass. The water depths here are in the 43 foot range and has a maximum relief of 7.2 feet off the bottom. Learn More

This is an artificial reef covering a 0.31 x 0.52 mile area. The reef consists of six M60 Army tanks put down in 1995 and tons of concrete rubble. This site is 14.6 miles @ 258 degrees from Venice Inlet. The water depths here are in the 64 foot range and has a maximum relief of 9.1 feet off the bottom. Learn More

This is an artificial reef covering a .14 mile square area. The reef consists of 350 tons of concrete culverts put down in 1997 and additional tons of concrete culverts put down post 1998. This site is 13.3 miles @ 178 degrees from the Venice Inlet and 7.7 miles @ 281 degrees from Stump Pass. The water depths here are in the 42 foot range and has a maximum relief of 6.5 feet off the bottom. Learn More

This reef is an artificial reef that covers an area of 0.61 X 0.55 miles which consists of concrete poles, culverts, boxes, pyramids, rubble, sinkers and fiberglass boat molds put down between 1974 and 1999. This reef is close to shore at 5.0 miles at 311 degrees from Clearwater Pass and 5.2 miles at 238 degrees from Hurricane Pass entrance. The water depths here are in the 28 foot range with a maximum relief of 8 feet. Learn More

This is an artificial reef consisting of tons of concrete culverts, bridge rubble, slab materials and reef balls in a north/south line about .9 miles long. It is located 3.6 miles @168 degrees from G1 marker west of Punta Gorda and 3 miles @ 343 degrees from marker G1 west of Pirate Harbor, generally in the east center of Charlotte Harbor. The material was placed there between 1983 and 1999. The water depths here are in the 12 foot range. Learn More

This is an artificial reef that covers an area of 0.18 X 0.31 miles and consists of 1500 tons of concrete bridge span material with low 1 to 5 foot relief and put down in 1993. This site is 0.2 miles from the shore near Leffis Key and 0.6 miles at 321 degrees of Longboat Pass. The water depths here are in the 16 foot range with a maximum relief of 4.9 feet off the bottom. Learn More

This is an artificial reef and consists of thousands of tons of concrete culverts, slabs, road barriers and pilings and covers two areas 200 feet square each and has a maximum relief of 20 feet.  This site is close to shore at 3.8 miles at 316 degrees from Gordon Pass. The reef was created in 2015.  The water depths here are in the 40 to 53 foot range.

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This is an artificial reef that covers an area of 350 X 336 feet and consists of dredged material and rocks and was put down in 2002. This is one of the gas pipeline mitigation reefs. This site is 21.6 miles at 277 degrees from the northern tip of Anna Maria Island and 26.5 miles at 291 degrees from Longboat Pass. The water depths here are in the 75 foot range with a maximum relief of 1.3 feet off the bottom. Learn More

This reef is an artificial reef that covers and area of 0.46 X 0.45 miles and consists of fiberglass boat molds and tons of concrete culverts and pyramids put down between 1982 and 1987. This reef is the most north reef and is close to shore at 3.9 miles from Tarpon Springs entrance and 8.3 miles from Hurricane Pass. The water depths here are in the 27 foot range with a maximum relief of 5 feet off the bottom. Learn More

This reef is an artificial reef that covers an area of 0.65 X 1.1 miles and consists of tons of concrete culverts and bridge material, two WWII Navy Landing Ships and a 240 ft. salt hopper barge. Each Landing ship is 200 feet and filed with scrap cable and was put down between 1983 and 2007. This reef is 16.1 miles at 288 degrees from John’s Pass and 14.3 miles at 238 degrees from Clearwater Pass. The water depths here are in the 42 foot range with a maximum relief of 6 feet off the bottom. Learn More

This is a natural ledge reef that covers an area of 0.16 X 0.18 miles. This site is 22.5 miles @ 252 degrees from the North tip of Anna Maria Island and 24.9 miles @ 269 degrees from Longboat Pass. The water depths here are in the 90 foot range and has a maximum relief of 5 feet. Learn More

This is a natural ledge reef that covers an area of 0.37 X 0.31 miles. This site is 23.0 miles @ 256 degrees from the North tip of Anna Maria Island and 25.5 miles @ 272 degrees from Longboat Pass. The water depths here are in the 92 foot range and has a maximum relief of 5 feet. Learn More

This is a natural ledge reef that covers an area of 0.25 X 0.15 miles. This site is 18.3 miles @ 253 degrees from the North tip of Anna Maria Island and 21.0 miles @ 274 degrees from Longboat Pass. The water depths here are in the 70 foot range and has a maximum relief of 3 feet.

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This is a natural ledge reef that covers an area of 0.15 X 0.24 miles. This site is 22.7 miles @ 253 degrees from the North tip of Anna Maria Island and 25.2 miles @ 270 degrees from Longboat Pass. The water depths here are in the 89 foot range and has a maximum relief of 3 feet. Learn More

This is an artificial reef covering a 0.62 x 0.93 mile area. The reef consists of 655 concrete reef balls and boulders put down between 1999 and 2002. This site is 3.6 miles @309 degrees from Sarasota Centennial Boat Ramp. The water depths here are in the 12 foot range. Learn More