New artificial reef to be deployed off Carrabelle

A series of new artificial reefs will be deployed about 10 miles off of Carrabelle in early to mid June and will hopefully become a nice draw for fishermen and divers.

The new reefs will be placed just a little south of the popular “Robby’s Reef” which was deployed in 2011.

The reef is part of a joint project between The Organization for Artificial Reefs and the City of Carrabelle.

The reef system will cost around 120 thousand dollars which includes 55 thousand dollars from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, about 15 thousand dollars from OAR and the rest from private donors.

The project will include three patch reefs using a new reef module called the "Super Reef".  

The three Super Reefs planned for this deployment are large concrete and limestone prefab reef structures, and will tower 15 feet above the gulf sea floor in a depth of 60 feet.  

The placement of the Super Reef forms will be framed with ten 8 foot tall reef structures known as "Florida Specials", which also utilize native Florida limestone as part of their makeup.  

All total, this project will utilize three Super Reefs, and thirty Florida Specials.  

At the same time, contractors will enhance Robby's Reef, which will add another 8 artificial reef units to the patch reef deployed in 2011.    

At this time deployment is expected to occur between June the 9^th and 13^th depending on weather – and the project could take up to two days to complete.

The center coordinates listed for the Camp Memorial Reef are given in "Decimal Minutes" format and listed as:

N  29 39.229

W 84 30.000

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