McCulley Marine Services deployed artificial reefs from Brevard to Miami-Dade counties for over two decades, but now there's no one left to do that work since the Fort Pierce business closed in 2023.

The SS United States is towed at sunset past Key West, Fla., headed to Mobile, Ala., Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, where it will be prepared to be used as an artificial reef off Florida’s Gulf Coast.

But sinking a ship is not as easy as you might think, “The most difficult part is planning to sink it.” First, it has to be cleaned. “It is an enormous job they have ahead of them.

Middle East News: Discover how the UAE promotes marine conservation by deliberately sinking ships to create artificial reefs, transforming dive tourism and enhancing ocean biodiversity.

The 20th anniversary of the storied intentional sinking of a former Naval ship to become an artificial reef in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary is being celebrated Tuesday in Key Largo ...

But before the 150-foot steel vessel and the 90-foot tug become the newest additions to Volusia County’s growing artificial reef network, the ships will be open for public tours on Saturday and ...

Rodrigues insisted he would not consider sinking the Kalakala for a dive reef until he exhausted all options to restore it to its former art deco-style glory and use the vessel for a multipurpose ...

Shipwrecks on coral reefs appear to increase the invasion of alien species. A US Geological Survey study finds unwanted species completely overtake the shipwreck and eventually the surrounding ...

A 72-hour-window with calm weather is needed to bring the ferry from the Virginia Beach, Va., shipyard where it is being prepared for the sinking to the waters above the reef site.

Lady Luck, a 324-foot tanker formerly named Newtown Creek, being towed from NYC to a South Florida shipyard to be prepped for sinking as an artificial reef in Shipwreck Park, one mile off of ...