Mexico Beach Artificial Reef Association Inc. - Mexico Beach, Florida

Reefmaker Florida Specials

Blacktip shark at the Willie Krause Memorial Reef.

John and Darlene Cox Memorial Reef

Amberjacks at Gene Childs Memorial Reef

Red Grouper and pink sponges on a reef ball site

Loggerhead Turle on the Vamar

Blue Angelfish and pink sponges on a reef ball

Black Snapper and Cubbyu on a reef ball

Shovelnose Lobster at Century Boat Reef

Goliath Grouper on the Shady Lady

Carol Cox diving the Shady Lady

Warty Dorid, one of the rarest nudibranchs in the world, but sometimes common in our area.

Red Grouper on a reef ball

Spotfin Butterflyfish

MB 117 Vamar 15 Jul 2010

Wreck & Lookdown Jack 15 Jul 2010

Wreckage 15 Jul 2010

Leopard Toadfish in Wreckage 15 Jul 2010

Wreck & Lookdown Jacks 15 Jul 2010

Goliath Groupers under Stern 15 Jul 2010

Wreck & Grey Snappers 15 Jul 2010

Nurse Shark at Smoke Stack 15 Jul 2010

Wreck & Lane Snapper 15 Jul 2010

Scorpionfish plus Sponge Growth 15 Jul 2010

Vamar

Reef Area: Bell Shoal
TD1:
TD2:
LAT: 29 53.957
LON: 85 27.803
Range: 3.5
Bearing: 210
Range and Bearing is taken from mouth of Mexico Beach Canal.

This the wreck of the Vamar (also known as the "Lumber Ship"). The vessel lays in approximately in 25 feet of water and is visible from the surface when water is clear. Vamar is protected by Florida laws forbidding unauthorized disturbance, excavation, or removal of artifacts.