Reef Smart Guides has created hundreds of dive and snorkel site 3D models from around the world. The sites on these pages represent just a sample. The sites are organized into categories for easy consultation. By default, all sites in all categories are presented. Sites can be filtered into specific categories by clicking on the appropriate tab below.
Pete Tide II had a two decades-long career servicing oil fields in the Gulf of Mexico. She was deployed as an artificial reef in May 1993 and is one of the original members of the popular Florida Panhandle Shipwreck Trail.
Ocean Wind is 87-foot (26.5-meter) tugboat deployed by Escambia County as an artificial reef in January 2016. The wreck hosts numerous species, including triggerfish soapfish. She sits upright with a slight list to port on a sandy seafloor.
The Joe Patti Memorial Reef is a large, 175-foot (53.5-meter) by 40-foot (12-meter) barge with multiple steel structures welded to its deck. The barge and its associated Pensacola-themed artwork were deployed as an artificial reef in July 2013.
YDT-14 was a U.S. Navy Yard Diving Tender (YDT) built during World War II. The Escambia County artificial reef program deployed her as an artificial reef in April 2000 along with her sister ship, YTD-15, which sits just 600 or so feet (200 meters) to the southeast.
USS Oriskany is an aircraft carrier deployed as an artificial reef in May 2006. Recreational divers can explore the multiple tiers of the central island that loom 60 feet (18 meters) above the deck while experienced tech divers can explore the cavernous hanger bay below decks.
The San Pablo, known locally as the Russian Freighter, was sunk by a German U-boat offshore from Costa Rica and refloated and towed to northern Florida. She she was blown up as part of a secret weapons test by the U.S. government in August 1944 just off Pensacola’s coast.
Army Tanks Wreck Trek consists of two M60 army tanks separated by a long pile of rubble. A large overturned barge called the Larsen Barge sits adjacent to the tanks. The wreck of a former treasure barge, the Mathew Lawrence Memorial Reef sits just to the east.
Tortuga was originally an offshore supply vessel. Her real claim to fame was as a prop in the 90s movie “Fair Game” starring Cindy Crawford and William Baldwin. The vessel was blown up with dynamite in the dramatic climax of the movie.
Biscayne was originally a 150-foot-long (45.7-meter) freighter deployed as an artificial reef in 1974 just to the east of Key Biscayne. The wreck lies partially submerged in the sand at a depth of 61 feet (18.5 meters).
Proteus was originally a cargo ship measuring 217.5 feet (66.3 meters) in length. She was deployed as an artificial reef in 1985 and was broken up by Hurricane Andrew in 1992. She sits on a sandy seafloor at a depth of 71 feet (21.5 meters).
DEMA Trader was originally a 165-foot-long (50-meter) cargo ship built in 1957 and seized by U.S. Customs for smuggling narcotics. The wreck was deployed as artificial reef in 2003 just east of Key Biscayne.
Paraiso III was originally a Honduran-flagged offshore supply vessel. She sits upright on a sandy seafloor just east of Key Biscayne near Miami, FL at a depth of 76 feet (23 meters).
The SS President Coolidge is the largest shore-accessible artificial reef in the world. The ship lies on her starboard side on na gently sloping seabed, with the bow at 57 feet (17.5 meters) and the stern below 200 feet (61 meters).
Million Dollar Point is a popular shore dive in the southeast corner of Espiritu Santo. The site gets its name from the “million dollars” of U.S. Army materiel dumped into the ocean at the end of the war, consisting of trucks, diggers, bulldozers and ships.
The F4U Corsair is an airplane wreck located off the east coast of Espiritu Santo. The wreck lies on a sand and coral rubble seabed at a depth of 100 feet (30.5 meters), just 0.75 miles (1.2 kilometers) from the end of the old wartime runway located at Turtle Bay.
