Diving the Fort Lauderdale wreck trek in April 2025

[gamon]

I had a pleasant dive this morning with Sea XP off Fort Lauderdale. The boat is a large flat stable pontoon vessel that probably holds upwards of 2 dozen divers comfortably but today there were about half that many with plenty of room to spread out.

We dropped on the Tracy which is large and intact with the main deck at about 60 feet. I was first in, diving solo and was greeted by a Goliath grouper, a slightly smaller one, and a healthy amount of fish. After touring the Tracy I followed the rebar trail off the bow with the help of a mild North current, checked out the somewhat intact Merci Jesus then worked against the current, back to the stern of the Tracy. Working against the current which picked up to maybe 3/4 knot I followed the tires and rebar trail South to take a peek at the Jay Scutti then let the current sweep me back to the mooring line near the bow of the Tracy.

A nice 3 wreck trek with good opportunity to practice compass navigation given the distance between the wrecks. Stay higher when swimming between wrecks to conserve gas.

 

[chrisjur]

That's a nice little trek, and Sea Experience is a great operator. If you like that sort of thing, I always associate that small trek with a similar one off of South Beach/Key Biscayne between Belcher Barge, Belzona, Belzona III, and Shurger's Barger (typically the first three are good enough if you're not diving with a DPV). Nice wrecks on their own, but good navi rebar laid to make the journey pretty easy, even for newbies.

 

[gamon]

That's a nice little trek, and Sea Experience is a great operator. If you like that sort of thing, I always associate that small trek with a similar one off of South Beach/Key Biscayne between Belcher Barge, Belzona, Belzona III, and Shurger's Barger (typically the first three are good enough if you're not diving with a DPV). Nice wrecks on their own, but good navi rebar laid to make the journey pretty easy, even for newbies.

I've done those and yes it's a stretch to do all of them without propulsion but I just managed it last time I was there.