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Artificial Reefs

Florida manages one of the most diverse, and most active artificial reef programs in the United States. As of October 2023, the FWC Artificial Reef Program has recorded over 4,173 artificial reef deployment locations state-wide. In the past six months, over 220 new artificial reefs have been constructed and the locations from a subset of the most recent reefs are listed in the table below. To download a complete list of Florida's artificial reef locations in a variety of digital formats, view an interactive map, and learn more about Florida's Artificial Reef Program, please visit MyFWC.com/ArtificialReefs.

Highlights from Recent Florida Artificial Reef Deployments

DeployID

County

Date

Deployment Name

Material

Tons

Relief

Depth

Lat (DM)

Long (DM)

OK0380

Okaloosa

04/18/2023

RMS CYCLOPS

Steel vessel 105'

66

27'

72'

30° 20.828' N

86° 26.239' W

SL0084

St. Lucie

04/22/2023

Unnamed FWC Reef 2023 (1)

Secondary use concrete

516

10'

55'

27° 31.365' N

80° 11.143' W

OK0384

Okaloosa

05/17/2023

Destin High School Reef

Prefabricated modules (9)

48

15'

119'

30° 09.760' N

86° 20.521' W

OK0382

Okaloosa

05/17/2023

Starborough Wine Reef 2023

Prefabricated modules (8)

39

25'

68'

30° 21.099' N

86° 36.876' W

OK0381

Okaloosa

05/17/2023

Crab Trap Offshore Reef

Prefabricated modules (9)

42

15'

106'

30° 09.879' N

86° 24.483' W

LE0133

Lee

05/18/2023

Village 6

Culverts

34

6'

30'

26° 19.827' N

81° 58.132' W

BA0535

Bay

05/22/2023

MB-276

Prefabricated modules (19)

182

15'

64'

29° 55.299' N

85° 33.013' W

BA0534

Bay

05/22/2023

Ernie Johnson Memorial Reef

Tetrahedrons (2)

5

8'

65'

29° 43.250' N

85° 28.830' W

OK0385

Okaloosa

05/29/2023

LA-2023-1

Prefabricated modules (10)

45

15'

110'

30° 08.646' N

86° 24.710' W

PB0151

Palm Beach

06/01/2023

Bob Burton Memorial Reef 1

Limestone boulders

500

10'

65'

26° 27.167' N

80° 02.964' W

PB0153

Palm Beach

06/15/2023

Derek Beckel Memorial Reef

Limestone boulders

500

12'

78'

26° 53.048' N

80° 01.816' W

PB0154

Palm Beach

06/22/2023

Andrew Red Harris Juno Rock

Limestone boulders

500

12'

78'

26° 52.785' N

80° 01.836' W

ST0221

Sarasota

06/26/2023

M-2 Tom Wallin Reef 2023

Prefabricated modules (25)

19

3'

38'

27° 18.809' N

82° 42.924' W

ES0733

Escambia

06/28/2023

EscaRosa 1

Prefabricated modules (7)

36

15'

48'

30° 17.680' N

87° 13.010' W

OK0389

Okaloosa

06/29/2023

RMS ATLANTIS

Steel vessel 125'

58

35'

80'

30° 14.561' N

86° 30.517' W

DA0267

Miami-Dade

07/07/2023

Fisher Island Gazebo & Rip Rap

Limestone boulders

925

13'

27'

25° 48.847' N

80° 10.225' W

WL0066

Walton

07/13/2023

2023 Ed Walline Nearshore NW

Prefabricated modules (7)

21

8'

52'

30° 20.058' N

86° 13.947' W

PB0155

Palm Beach

07/18/2023

2023 PBFF Reef

Culverts (138)

494

8'

515'

26° 46.328' N

79° 57.812' W

ES0805

Escambia

09/08/2023

NRDA Phase 3 Cell 461

Prefabricated module (1)

21

15'

78'

30° 11.710' N

87° 06.991' W

FR0083

Franklin

09/19/2023

Robby's Reef 2023

Prefabricated modules (4)

72

15'

50'

29° 39.630' N

84° 30.000' W

FR0082

Franklin

09/19/2023

Carl Enis Memorial Reef

Prefabricated modules (6)

108

15'

68'

29° 35.423' N

84° 25.387' W

FR0081

Franklin

09/19/2023

Mike Johnston Memorial Reef

Prefabricated modules (9)

27

8'

38'

29° 28.909' N

84° 55.763' W

FR0080

Franklin

09/19/2023

Rocky Burrous Reef

Prefabricated modules (9)

27

8'

38'

29° 28.909' N

84° 55.494' W

BE0072

Brevard

10/19/2023

Memorial Reef

Prefabricated modules (15)

45

8'

83'

28° 23.609' N

80° 17.795' W