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 Tug Heron

USA, Florida, Pensacola

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Datum: WGS84 [ Help ]
Precision: Approximate

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Latitude: 30° 8.188' N
Longitude: 87° 13.665' W

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English (Translate this text in English): Approximately 13 miles SSE of Pensacola Pass

English (Translate this text in English): Approximately 13 miles SSE of Pensacola Pass

Approximately 13 miles SSE of Pensacola Pass

English (Translate this text in English): Approximately 13 miles SSE of Pensacola Pass

English (Translate this text in English): Approximately 13 miles SSE of Pensacola Pass

English (Translate this text in English): Approximately 13 miles SSE of Pensacola Pass

English (Translate this text in English): Approximately 13 miles SSE of Pensacola Pass

English (Translate this text in English): Approximately 13 miles SSE of Pensacola Pass

English (Translate this text in English): Approximately 13 miles SSE of Pensacola Pass

How? By boat

Distance Good boat time (< 30min)

Easy to find? Don't know

 Dive site Characteristics

Average depth 22.9 m / 75.1 ft

Max depth 29 m / 95.1 ft

Current Low ( < 1 knot)

Visibility Good ( 10 - 30 m)

Quality

Dive site quality Good

Experience CMAS ** / AOW

Bio interest Interesting

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Dive type

- Wreck

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 Additional Information

English (Translate this text in English): The Tug “Heron” and an LCM Landing Craft were deployed as artificial reefs in 1990. The two wrecks sit upright and side by side, 80’ apart. Depths 75-95’. Grouper, Snapper, Amberjack, Triggerfish, and Jewfish are common residents. Occasional Tuna, Dolphin, Cobia, and Wahoo.


Before being separated by Hurricane OPAL in 1995, the tug originally and unintentionally rested upside down on top of the LCM.

English (Translate this text in English): The Tug “Heron” and an LCM Landing Craft were deployed as artificial reefs in 1990. The two wrecks sit upright and side by side, 80’ apart. Depths 75-95’. Grouper, Snapper, Amberjack, Triggerfish, and Jewfish are common residents. Occasional Tuna, Dolphin, Cobia, and Wahoo.


Before being separated by Hurricane OPAL in 1995, the tug originally and unintentionally rested upside down on top of the LCM.

The Tug “Heron” and an LCM Landing Craft were deployed as artificial reefs in 1990. The two wrecks sit upright and side by side, 80’ apart. Depths 75-95’. Grouper, Snapper, Amberjack, Triggerfish, and Jewfish are common residents. Occasional Tuna, Dolphin, Cobia, and Wahoo.


Before being separated by Hurricane OPAL in 1995, the tug originally and unintentionally rested upside down on top of the LCM.

English (Translate this text in English): The Tug “Heron” and an LCM Landing Craft were deployed as artificial reefs in 1990. The two wrecks sit upright and side by side, 80’ apart. Depths 75-95’. Grouper, Snapper, Amberjack, Triggerfish, and Jewfish are common residents. Occasional Tuna, Dolphin, Cobia, and Wahoo.


Before being separated by Hurricane OPAL in 1995, the tug originally and unintentionally rested upside down on top of the LCM.

English (Translate this text in English): The Tug “Heron” and an LCM Landing Craft were deployed as artificial reefs in 1990. The two wrecks sit upright and side by side, 80’ apart. Depths 75-95’. Grouper, Snapper, Amberjack, Triggerfish, and Jewfish are common residents. Occasional Tuna, Dolphin, Cobia, and Wahoo.


Before being separated by Hurricane OPAL in 1995, the tug originally and unintentionally rested upside down on top of the LCM.

English (Translate this text in English): The Tug “Heron” and an LCM Landing Craft were deployed as artificial reefs in 1990. The two wrecks sit upright and side by side, 80’ apart. Depths 75-95’. Grouper, Snapper, Amberjack, Triggerfish, and Jewfish are common residents. Occasional Tuna, Dolphin, Cobia, and Wahoo.


Before being separated by Hurricane OPAL in 1995, the tug originally and unintentionally rested upside down on top of the LCM.

English (Translate this text in English): The Tug “Heron” and an LCM Landing Craft were deployed as artificial reefs in 1990. The two wrecks sit upright and side by side, 80’ apart. Depths 75-95’. Grouper, Snapper, Amberjack, Triggerfish, and Jewfish are common residents. Occasional Tuna, Dolphin, Cobia, and Wahoo.


Before being separated by Hurricane OPAL in 1995, the tug originally and unintentionally rested upside down on top of the LCM.

English (Translate this text in English): The Tug “Heron” and an LCM Landing Craft were deployed as artificial reefs in 1990. The two wrecks sit upright and side by side, 80’ apart. Depths 75-95’. Grouper, Snapper, Amberjack, Triggerfish, and Jewfish are common residents. Occasional Tuna, Dolphin, Cobia, and Wahoo.


Before being separated by Hurricane OPAL in 1995, the tug originally and unintentionally rested upside down on top of the LCM.

English (Translate this text in English): The Tug “Heron” and an LCM Landing Craft were deployed as artificial reefs in 1990. The two wrecks sit upright and side by side, 80’ apart. Depths 75-95’. Grouper, Snapper, Amberjack, Triggerfish, and Jewfish are common residents. Occasional Tuna, Dolphin, Cobia, and Wahoo.


Before being separated by Hurricane OPAL in 1995, the tug originally and unintentionally rested upside down on top of the LCM.

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