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This area is a hardbottom with lots of holes and small ledges that holds lots of fish. This site is 11.31 miles @287 degrees from Venice Inlet and 9.2 miles @208 degrees from Siesta Key Inlet. The water depths here are in the 48 foot range. Learn More

This is an artificial reef that covers an area of 0.65 X 0.62 miles and consists of a mountain of dredged material from the Tampa shipping channel and rises 20 feet off the surrounding bottom. This reef is 20.5 miles at 267 degrees from the northern end of Anna Maria Island and 24.61 Miles at 283 degrees from Longboat Pass entrance. The water depths here are in the 50 to 77 foot range and has a maximum relief of 28.8 feet off the bottom. The top surface has rocks and pieces of concrete forming a nice reef. Learn More

This is an artificial reef covering a 245 x 340 foot area. The reef consists of concrete rubble form the old Orange Ave Bridge and put down in 1981. This site is close to shore at 1.7 miles @ 187 degrees from New Pass. The water depths here are in the 22 foot range and has a maximum relief of 6.5 feet off the bottom. Learn More

This site is a natural broken bottom covering a 0.15 mile square area. This site is 1.9 miles @191 degrees from Sarasota Pass. The water depths here are in the 24 foot range and has a maximum relief of 1.4 feet. Learn More

This is an artificial reef covering a 0.25 x .41 mile area. The reef consists of a upside down barge and a concrete filled hopper barge. This site is 25.9 miles @ 277 degrees from New Pass and 21.5 miles from Venice Inlet. The water depths here are in the 80 foot range and has a maximum relief of 5.3 feet off the bottom. Learn More

This is an artificial reef covering a 0.21 x .3 mile area. The reef consists of concrete culverts and 120 reef balls put down in 1995. This site is 12.0 miles @ 246 degrees from Venice Inlet. The water depths here are in the 60 foot range and has a maximum relief of 3.6 feet off the bottom. Learn More

This is an artificial reef covering a 0.3 mile square area. The reef consists of 785 tons of concrete culverts, catch basins and beams and was put down in 1994. This site is 8.5 miles @ 247 degrees from Venice Inlet. The water depths here are in the 49 foot range and has a maximum relief of 12.9 feet off the bottom. Learn More

This is an artificial reef covering a 0.1 mile square area. The reef consists of 2200 tons of concrete culverts and rubble, some mixer drums put down in 1991. This site is 5.0 miles @246 degrees from Venice Inlet. The water depths here are in the 38 foot range and has a maximum relief of 9 feet off the bottom. Learn More

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 .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 is an artificial reef covering a .16 mile square area. The reef consists of hundreds of concrete reef balls put down in 2001 and have a relief of 2 to 3 feet. This site is 17.6 miles @ 239 degrees from Venice Inlet. The water depths here are in the 70 foot range. and have a maximum relief of 2.6 feet off the bottom. Learn More

This is an artificial reef covering a 0.14 x 0.2 mile area. The reef consists of a large upside down barge with the both sides open and a small fiberglass boat on the north west side. This site is 15.8 miles @ 249 degrees from Venice Inlet. The water depths here are in the 70 foot range and has a maximum relief of 7.5 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 0.42 mile square area. The reef consists of a steel landing craft put down in 1985, 20 steel boxcars which were put down in 1988 and and 5 army M60 tanks put down in 1995. This site is 15.5 miles @ 237 degrees from New Pass. The water depths here are in the 63 foot range and has a maximum relief of 9.4 feet off the bottom. Learn More

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 covering a 0.15 x .026 mile area and consists of 1222 tons of concrete culverts put down in 1989 and tons of other concrete culverts put down post 1990. This site is 12.9 miles @ 221 degrees from New Pass. The water depths here are in the 55 foot range and has a maximum relief of 5.6 feet off the bottom. Learn More

This is an artificial reef covering a 500 foot square which consists of consists of 600 tons or oval and round concrete culverts put down in 1994 . This site is 10.8 miles @ 228 degrees from New Pass. The water depths here are in the 40 foot range and has a maximum relief of 17 feet off the bottom. Learn More

The site is an area of natural rough uneven bottom. This site is 9.4 miles @238 Degrees from Sarasota New Pass, The water depths here are in the 42 foot range. 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 reef is an artificial reef that covers an area of 0.26 x 0.39 miles and consists of concrete pilings, pyramids and rubble and was put down in 1995. This reef is close to shore at 6.6 miles at 245 degrees from Johns Pass and 9.6 miles at 296 degrees from Pass a Grill Pass. The water depths here are in the 30 foot range with a maximum relief of 6.2 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 and area of 0.32 X 0.49 miles and consists of concrete from the old Corey Causeway, ten US Army tanks and a 200 foot barge put down between 1976 and 1995. This reef is close to shore at 7.6 miles at 271 degrees from Pass-A-Grille Channel Entrance and 8.2 miles at 215 degrees from John’s Pass. The water depths here are in the 35 foot range with a maximum relief of 9.4 feet off the bottom. 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 reef is an artificial reef covering an area of 0.34 X 0.53 miles and consists of 1200 tons of concrete culverts and boxes put down between 2001 and 2004. This reef is 0.2 mile from the shore of Sand Key and 5.0 miles at 194 degrees from Clearwater Pass. The water depths here are in the 20 foot range with a maximum relief of 5 feet off the bottom. Learn More

This reef is an artificial reef which covers and area of 1.7 X 1.5 miles and consists of many tall pyramid structures, the demolished old Clearwater Pass Bridge, a barge and a lot of bridge rubble put down between 1982 and 2003. This reef is 12.0 miles at 260 degrees from Clearwater Pass. The water depths here are in the 50 foot range with a maximum relief of 10 feet off the bottom. Learn More

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 reef is an natural ledge round plateau that covers an area of 0.17 X 0.16 miles. This reef is 17.5 miles at 255 degrees from Clearwater Pass and 21.5 miles at 292 degrees from John’s pass. The water depths here are in the 63 foot range with a maximum relief of 6 feet off the bottom. Learn More

This reef is an artificial reef that covers an area 0.29 X 0.45 miles and consists of widely scattered concrete culverts with 2 to 8 ft. profile and two high profile structures on the northwest corner put down between 1983 and 1985. The reef is 8.2 miles at 264 degrees from Johns Pass. The water depths here are in the 32 foot range with a maximum relief of 8 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 reef is an artificial reef that covers an area of 0.23 X 0.39 miles which consists of of concrete culverts and pyramids put down between 1975 and 1998. There are high profile structures at the north end and pyramids 1000 feet south of the center of the reef. This reef is noted for underwater photography. This reef is close to shore at 5.5 miles at 271 degrees from Hurricane Pass and 7.6 miles at 231 degrees from Clearwater Pass. The water depths here are in the 29 foot range with a maximum relief of 5.6 feet off the bottom Learn More