Venice Beach

Artificial reef 12 feet high along a 1 mile long ridge. GPS coordinates 27.625, -83.01667. Maximum depth of 60 feet. Easy dive by following the wall.

Betty Rose, also called Mecco’s Barge: This 75-foot barge is intact and resting in 45 feet of water. Loran 14183.7, 44769.2, or 11 miles from John’s Pass on a heading of 250 degrees.

The Tug Orange is an 80ft tug boat that sits upright in 45ft of water. It is part of the Pinellas County Artificial Reef Program. 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.

Private Training Pool Site for Woods & Water in Brandon, FL and all of their affiliated SSI Instructors.

GPS coordinates: 27.857350, -83.030550 - 235’ WWII Navy Landing Ship Module, deployed in 1976. Can be found off of the southern end of the Indian Shores Artificial reef. Also known as LSM 1 or the Cable Wreck or LSM Wreck.

The Circle of Heroes is an underwater military veterans memorial 10 miles off the coast of Dunedin Beach, Florida in the Gulf of Mexico. It is the first underwater veterans memorial. It was dedicated on August 5, 2019, and currently has 12 6-foot tall statues at a depth of 40 feet underwater.

This 35-foot barge was previously used in the reef program. It is made of 600 tons of concrete from the demolition of the Old Clearwater Pass Bridge, plus culvert and light poles. Many tall pyramid structures including “Twin Peaks” which is at about 80 ft.

A popular, easy to access lake on a group camp property, popular with the Boy Scouts. Located in central Florida, many classes train here, especially when the ocean is not calm.

Mastodon Table Top is located approximately 16 miles from Clearwater Pass around 27.902517, -83.107850. As with all Gulf-of-Mexico diving, the visibility can vary greatly from very bad to an average of 20-30 feet. Maximum depth is around 60-65 feet.

The north part of the reef has a lot of concrete culverts and pilings. The South part of the reef is concrete pyramids with holes in them. The dive is around 30 feet deep.