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 87 Don Ard 7 Jun 2011

Don Ard Memorial Reef Deployment

Don Ard Memorial Reef

Reef Area: Bay County LAARS Site B
TD1: 13931.0
TD2: 46826.9
LAT: 29 45.339
LON: 85 52.367
Range: 25.9
Bearing: 243.2
Range and Bearing is taken from mouth of Mexico Beach Canal.

Deployed 04/25/2006. Reef is composed of 3 "Florida Special" pyramid reef modules with "Florida Stone" panels. Confirmed by MBARA divers Bob & Carol Cox on 7 Jun 2011.