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Sinking of the  Ana Cecilia :  Florida's Newest Dive Tourism Site  In The Palm Beaches The Ana Cecilia cargo ship, once used in both an attempt to smuggle $10 million worth of cocaine into the United States and as the first ship to carry cargo from Miami to Cuba in 2012 after 50 years of embargo, now has a new destiny underwater off the coast of The Palm Beaches as an artificial reef. The  Ana Cecilia  is the 45th ship to be scuttled for dive touristsin Palm Beach County in recent decades. The Palm Beaches are home to 151 artificial reefs, including the  Ana Cecilia , which provide a fascinating experience for divers.  The ship was sunk on July 13, 2016, 1.25 miles off the Lake Worth Inlet in 85 feet of water.  Divers are already visiting the ship as the video  https://youtu.be/8RkIcmYwaGw   by Scuba Nation (posted by the county) shows! The  Ana Cecilia  was a 170-foot Halter Marine general cargo ship built in 1972.  America's Department of Homeland Securit

Originally published in: http:// www.huffingtonpost.ca/../ ../stephen-weir/ sink-captain-johns-create_b _4475196.html Toronto, It's Time to Sink This Ship .... and Captain John doesn't have to go down with Her. Bow of Capt. John's Floating Seafood Restaurant Sometime on my bum-busting boat ride out from Fort Myers, I realized that the city of Toronto could do something special for its diver tourism industry ... sink the Captain John Toronto Harbour Floating Restaurant. I was in Florida last month, on board a small, open boat heading 21/2 hours out into the wilds of the Gulf of Mexico to scuba dive on a failed Florida Keys museum. I like hundreds of thousands of other divers will go just about anywhere to dive on a shipwreck. Thirty miles out and 90 feet down, the USS Mohawk, sunk just a year ago, is now one of the most sought after underwater attractions in Florida waters. And for the last few months she has hosted an underwater art show that is gar

  Three Artificial Reefs. Three Days of Diving. Three Cayman Islands September Issue. Diver Magazine. www.divermag.com   By Stephen Weir The buzz is back. Cayman Islands, best known for their reef walls, gin clear water and a high standard of dive services, is attracting wreck divers these days because of their growing inventory of artificial reefs. Have just three   dive days and want to see the underside of all three Cayman Islands?   There are underwater world-class military shipwrecks   (well, two and a worthy commercial wreck) that have been sunk close to shore to allow for diving almost any day (or night) of the year on Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac and Little Cayman. A year and a half ago the Cayman Dive Operators Association sank the USS Kittiwake on the North End of Grand Cayman Island’s 7-Mile Beach.   Ever since, a Canadian run dive shop has been modifying the remains of the retired US Navy submarine tender, to make it both diver and snorkel frie