Deerfield Beach, Florida, United States
Veterans Reef is a cluster of artificial reef modules off Deerfield Beach in Broward County, Florida, established in stages by the Pompano Beach and Deerfield Beach artificial reef programs to honour American veterans. The reef sits in 20 to 23 metres of water and includes purpose-built concrete modules, decommissioned military hardware (including reefed Marine Corps tracks and engineering equipment) and several smaller wrecks. The site is moored, accessible by short charter from Deerfield, and is a regular goliath grouper aggregation site through the late-summer spawning months. Resident reef life includes large schools of yellowtail snapper, French and grey angelfish, queen triggerfish, hogfish, southern stingrays on the surrounding sand, spotted moray eels in the modules and lionfish (invasive Pterois) around the structure. The Gulf Stream is close enough that currents are usually moderate and visibility is reliably 12 to 25 metres. The site pairs well with the nearby SS Copenhagen wreck.
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