Deep South Crane Reef, 10/25/2002 AJ and Red Snapper 10 Sep 2010 AJs 10 Sep 2010 Glass Minnows 10 Sep 2010 Colorful Seawhips 10 Sep 2010 Sheepshead in Seawhips 10 Sep 2010 AJs 10 Sep 2010 Flounder 10 Sep 2010 Occulina Corals 10 Sep 2010 Red Snapper and AJs 10 Sep 2010 Spotfin Butterflyfish 10 Sep 2010 Sheepshead 10 Sep 2010 Warty Dorid Nudibranch 10 Sep 2010 Gag Grouper 10 Sep 2010 Grey Snappers 10 Sep 2010 Lookdown Jacks 10 Sep 2010 Neck Crab Mithrax crab Warty Dendrodoris Neopontinedes gorgonian shrimp Cleaner shrimp and West Indian Simnia Colorful Sea Whip Sheepshead Red Snapper Goliath Grouper 23 Oct 2010 Banded Coral Shrimp 23 Oct 2010 Goliath Grouper 11 Oct 2010 Flounder 11 Oct 2010 Goliath Grouper 11 Oct 2010 Goliath Grouper 11 Oct 2010

Deep South Crane Reef

Reef Area: Car Body
TD1: 14114.7
TD2: 46839.1
LAT: 29 53.437
LON: 85 31.730
Range: 6.3
Bearing: 234.8
Range and Bearing is taken from mouth of Mexico Beach Canal.
Deployed 10/25/2002. 4 steel cylinders, 24 ft. long x 12 ft. diameter x 1 inch thick. This reef is named after the Deep South Crane company of Panama City Fl. which donated crane services for the deployment of this reef and Smurfit-Stone Reefs 1 through 5. The position of this reef has been verified by the MBARA divers Bob & Carol Cox on 10 Sep 2010. The cylinders lay in a line from South to North of the coordinates posted. They are spaced at approximately 100 feet apart.