Our offshore area has been the final resting place for ships almost as far back as the discovery of the New World itself. The Gulf Stream, which comes so close to shore and bathes our reefs in clear blue water, was the 'highway' that carried the European sailing ships back home. Our unique, three-tiered reef system captured and ripped out the bellies of many of those vessels and scattered their cargo all up and down the coastline. The skeletons of a few wooden vessels still lie buried beneath the sand, And it still happens to the lucky beach walker to find a coin dated 1715 or perhaps 1733 washing up on shore at their feet after a brisk eastern storm. There's treasure still out there.

Except for the venerable "Copenhagen", a steel-hulled coal carrier, ran aground in 12 feet of water on the first reef at the turn of the last century, all the shipwrecks we dive are artificial reefs. These ships sunk, mostly within the past fifteen years, have added tremendously to the amount of marine life as the new habitat was provided. The "Tenneco Towers", a retired oil platform, sunk in three sections by the Tenneco Oil Company in the late 80,s has proved to be the best single fish attracting device in the entire artificial reef program.

There are over forty artificial reef sites we dive, most of them shipwrecks. In all depths and suited to all different skill levels, we can provide you with all the wreck diving thrills you can handle. Our newest addition to the 'collection', is the 150' United Caribbean, sunk near her neighbors, the Noula Express and the Sea Emperor south of the Boca Raton Inlet about a mile offshore. Already home to schools of bar jacks and yellowtails, complete with the required barracuda keeping watch in the wheelhouse, the "United Caribbean" sits upright in 73' with her superstructure topping out at 45'.

The United Caribbean and her companion wrecks are on the schedules of both Fishfood and Fathoms O' Fun. In fact, 'Fathoms' was the first dive boat to put divers on the wreck, less than an hour after she hit the bottom. We will visit this site often to witness the transformation of this pristine shipwreck into a living part of the coral reef system. Won't you join us?