Brevard County near-shore wrecks

[aquarina]

I'm a newbie, certified in '04, 16 dives. I live in Melbourne Beach along the barrier reef in Brevard County. Beginning just south of my home are many wreck sites, ancient and modern, running from the Sebastian Inlet south to Hwy 60 in Vero Beach and farther. Many of these wrecks are in about 25 feet of water, from 200 feet to 1/2 mile from shore, reachable on a walk-in dive. I am looking for buddies to check out these sites with me, some of them wrecks from the Spanish 1715 Plate fleet. Mel Fisher owns the recovery rights on the Plate Fleet wrecks, but anyone can dive to look them over. There are dive shops near these sites, in Melbourne and Vero Beach, for renting tanks [nitrox and air], getting fills, and equipment rentals if necessary. I am looking for diving buddies who might share this interest. My interest, more specifically, is to photograph the wrecks. Hope to hear from you!!

 

[Dantastic]

That sounds interesting. I visit some friends up in melbourne often, maybe we can do a dive some time. One of my friends is a DM at the Dixie Divers shop on babcock.

Ill send you a PM with my contact info.

 

[Scuba_Dad]

Diving from Wabasso to Ft Pierce is great when there's vis. I'm always looking for an excuse to take my kids diving.

Al

 

[Orlando Eric]

Pictures off the beach in this water!?! HA! The vis is pretty crappy on a good day. I have seen days on occasion that a picture could be taken. These wrecks that are listed are hardly noticeable unless you are certian where they are and know what you are looking for..

 

[FlIrishman]

wreck sites, ancient and modern, running from the Sebastian Inlet south to Hwy 60 in Vero Beach and farther.

I've been diving these wrecks for many years and have a lot of data on my home pages at:


Diving in Florida: http://www.irishmansoftware.com/
Dive Trips & Reports: http://www.irishmansoftware.com/divecal5.htm
West Palm Diving Stuff http://www.irishmansoftware.com/wp_diving.htm
Hurricane Pics http://www.irishmansoftware.com/BD_Post_Hurricane.htm
Rampage http://www.irishmansoftware.com/Rampage.htm
Pictures http://www.irishmansoftware.com/irishman.htm
Grand National 4-Sale http://www.irishmansoftware.com/gn.htm
Tennis http://www.irishmansoftware.com/tennis.htm
Bike http://www.irishmansoftware.com/bicycling.htm
Kayak http://www.spacecoastpaddlers.org/

Beach Diving:
Description of the Bacardi Limon Beach Dive Team:
http://www.irishmansoftware.com/blbdt.htm
Places we dive at:
http://www.irishmansoftware.com/beach_2.htm
Beach Dive Pictures
http://www.irishmansoftware.com/beach_diving.htm
Rough Seas - You Should't Dive In Picture
http://www.irishmansoftware.com/bd-1.htm
Calm Seas - You Should Dive In Picture
http://www.irishmansoftware.com/bd-2.htm
1715 Wreck of Urca De Lima Pictures [Ft. Pierce]
http://www.irishmansoftware.com/urca.htm
1894 Wreck of the Boiler Wreck Pictures [Vero Beach, Rt 60]
http://www.irishmansoftware.com/boiler.htm

Drop me a note to Irishman@Sprynet.com with a subject of "Add to Divers E-Mail List" and I'll put you on the monthly notes of upcoming dives and past reports.
[P.S. We have a group that meets at Bunkies Raw Bar in Sat Bch on A1A on Wed at 7:30 in the side room]
The conditions are just starting to get good enough to dive down at Pepper Park in Ft. Pierce on the Urca. It'll be a few months, usually July / August before the beaches to the north - Vero, Wabasso clear up to dive. By clear up I mean vis of 10 - 15 ft. Depths are usually 15 ft. It's only on a rair occasion that the Vis by Sebastian Inlet will let you dive McLarty Museum. And ya gotta watch out for the treasure boats - they WILL run you over if given a change [ Opps - didn't see that 4 ft by 6 ft dive flag ]! And don't even think of taking a metal detector in the water - you WILL get caught and you WILL loose all you own and MIGHT even go to jail.

 

[aquarina]

Diving from Wabasso to Ft Pierce is great when there's vis. I'm always looking for an excuse to take my kids diving.

Al

OK, let me know a day or two in advance of coming to this area and I'll try to clear the calendar if you decide to try it. Thanks for the

 

[aquarina]

Pictures off the beach in this water!?! HA! The vis is pretty crappy on a good day. I have seen days on occasion that a picture could be taken. These wrecks that are listed are hardly noticeable unless you are certian where they are and know what you are looking for..

Thanks for your response. I agree about the viz issue, but many of the wrecks are precisely marked and with some luck can be located, particularly if several divers are working the area in concert. Bob

 

[Steve Works]

I guess it's also a matter of luck more than expertise.
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[sheeper]

visit the Vero Beach Scuba Club on Facebook or Vero Beach Scuba Club - Home
we have lots of members around Melbourne. there are over 300 people in our Facebook group and about 100 "live" members via our website.
Our members dive the local wrecks quite often.

also check out some of our trips and events. Several of us are active DMs and instructors with an "in-depth" knowledge of the local dive sites. PM me if you want some more info.