Air Force Barge
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About this site
Air Force Barge is a sunken retired military barge that now serves as an artificial reef, a wreck dive popular with divers from Fort Walton Beach on the Florida Gulf coast.
The wreck lies at around 80 feet (24 metres). Over time it has become a habitat for marine life, and angelfish, eels and small reef sharks are all seen around it.
Other artificial reefs, including the remains of the old Destin bridge, and natural limestone ledges lie in the same stretch of Gulf water.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Slippery DickHalichoeres bivittatusReported here · unconfirmed
Common Bottlenose DolphinTursiops truncatusReported here · unconfirmed
Atlantic Ghost CrabOcypode quadrataReported here · unconfirmed
Thinstripe Hermit CrabClibanarius vittatusReported here · unconfirmed
AngelfishAngelfishReported here · unconfirmed
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