Belzona II used to be within visual distance of Belzona III, but is now a long but manageable swim away. On that day, despite protesting seas of four feet with a generous mix of higher waves, the new Belzona quickly succumbed to the small, 25 pound charge of dynamite. BELZONA TWO Depth in Feet: 58 ft Depth in Meters: 18 m Skill Level: Novice GPS: 25 41.800 80 0.409 The Belzona Two, a 90-foot wrought iron tug of early 1900's vintage, settled to her new home in sixty feet of water on Thursday, February 21, 1991, in the Key Biscayne Artificial Reef Site. The entire site will be known as the Belzona Triangle, and each of the wrecks will be connected by rope so divers can navigate between them. Has provided funding for a total of three wrecks to be sunk off Key Biscayne. She rests in the Key Biscayne Artificial Reef Site and sits upright in 72 feet of water. Renamed the Belzona One, she was sunk on May 30, 1990, by the Miami and Dade County Bomb Squads. The plan was to restore the tug, but it soon became apparent that this was not feasible.īelzona America, Inc., purchased the vessel and donated her to be sunk as an artificial reef site. She was gutted by a fire and then purchased by a Miami salvage company. According to shipwreck historian, Joel Auerbach, the Belzona One was originally named Tug Mitza, then James G, then Alco Caribe, then Holley. 752 80 05.220 The 85 foot tug boat Belzona One served throughout the Bahamas. BELZONA ONE Depth in Feet: 65 ft Depth in Meters: 20 m Skill Level: Novice, Intermediate and Advanced GPS: 25 41. Located within fairly easy swimming distance of the Belzona Barge (80 feet to the south) is the Belzona Two, a 90 foot steel tug boat sunk in February of 1991 which sits in about 60 feet of water. The top of the wreck, which is really the bottom of the hull, is fully covered with soft corals and the flowing gorgonians constantly waving in the current, make the wreck look more like a coral reef than a rusty old vessel. The wreck is extremely dark inside and it is not a good idea to try to penetrate it, but there is a great deal of surface area to explore. Like most of the barges, it inverted when it was blown up by the Miami Bomb Squad, and rests upside down on the bottom. However, in August of 1992, Hurricane Andrew moved her to only about 40 feet of water. This 115 foot steel barge was originally sunk in 72FT of water, just north of the South Seas, in August of 1991. BELZONA BARGE Depth in Feet: 35 ft Depth in Meters: 10.5 m Skill Level: Novice GPS: 25 41.750 80 5.220 Chances are if you received your certification in Miami, you dived The Belzona Barge on your third dive.
According to diver Don Scholen, by swimming for approximately 60 feet off the Belcher Barge's northern most corner, divers will find the wreck of the Lady Free. The barge and the concrete reef attract quite a variety of marine life. In the sand off the barge's south side are some large concrete sewer pipes. Divers can enter the wreck through the twelve three foot by four foot holes that were cut in the barge's bulkheads prior to her sinking. She was sunk by explosives on November 29, 1985. BELCHER BARGE Depth in Feet: 60 ft Depth in Meters: 20 m Skill Level: Novice, Intermediate and Advanced GPS: 25 41.810 80 05.282 This 195 foot steel barge lies upside down in 60 feet of water, approximately five miles offshore. She sits in 88 feet of water and offers 25 feet of relief laying on her side, but over the years she has been torn apart by storms and much of the ship has collapsed.
Like the Lakeland, she was a landing craft utility vessel (LCU) from the Vietnam War era. Red gorgonians, jewfish, and many other varieties of pelagic life call this ship home.ĪRIDA Depth in Feet: 88 ft Depth in Meters: 27 m Skill Level: Advanced GPS: 25 40.830 80 04.250 The Arida was a 165 foot sister ship to the Lakeland which was sunk in August of 1982. Depths reach below 135 feet making this a dive for a more experienced diver.
There are many areas of twisted metal which are great for exploration. Since then, sea life has re-inhabited this vessel making it a great site once again. Today, the artificial reef program administered by the county's Department of. In the late 1980s, Miami-Dade County took the lead in organizing reef. As many as 31 large vessels and other artificial reef materials were sunk off the coast. OceanGate Miami Expedition explored Miami's artificial reefs to depths of 800 feet. Although the wreck was originally in immaculate condition with beautiful coral growth, Hurricane Andrew picked her up and dumped her upside down on the bottom in 1992. ALMIRANTE Depth in Feet: 110 - 135 ft Depth in Meters: 34 - 41 m Skill Level: Technical GPS: 25 22.068 80 07.863 Almirante is a 200-foot steel freighter that was sunk off of Elliot Key in 1974.
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