AR-145 - Buoy
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About this site
AR-145 is an artificial reef site off North Carolina's Outer Banks, with this particular marker, Buoy, sitting in water that reaches a maximum depth of around 19.8 metres. It's rated an intermediate dive. Divers here have reported Atlantic bluefin tuna, common bottlenose dolphins, loggerhead sea turtles, and spiny dogfish passing through the area.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Loggerhead Sea TurtleCaretta carettaReported here · unconfirmed
Spiny DogfishSqualus acanthiasReported here · unconfirmed
Atlantic Bluefin TunaThunnus thynnusReported here · unconfirmed
Common Bottlenose DolphinTursiops truncatusReported here · unconfirmed
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