Scuba Dive the Vandenberg Wreck. Six miles from Key West. Certified Scuba Divers Only 15 years or older

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Dive The Vandenberg Wreck in Key West Florida

Explore the Historic 10 Stories Tall 523' Vandenberg Wreck!

Dive the World's 2nd Largest Artificial Reef!
Advanced Morning 2-Tank Dive - Approx 4.5 Hours

This is an Advanced Dive so it requires Open Water or Advanced Open Water (or Higher) Certification and/or a Guide.

All Scuba Divers must have been diving within the past year and are at least 15 years old.

Certified Divers: Please bring your Certification Card.

During your morning wreck dive you will explore the USNS General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, the world’s 2nd largest artificial reef. This retired naval ship has a long history, and was intentionally sunk May 27, 2009 to create Key West’s largest artificial reef.

The 523', 10 story wreck is in nearly 150 feet of water about Six Miles from Key West in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.

The maximum dive depth is 100 feet (the approximate depth of the main deck). For ease of diving and maximum safety, a line descent system using a traverse line will be set up to the main mooring line to decend to the wreck top deck features and main deck.

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Please check for Available Dates and Times and for current pricing. The pricing shown below is usually up to date.

$149 - Certified Diver with Gear Package: Tanks, Weights, BCD & regulator (wetsuit if need)

$104 - Certified Diver without Gear Package: with the Option to add gear by the piece if needed

$55 - Rider no Scuba Diving

Divers with Open Water Certification must be guided ($45 per person)

Advanced Open Water Divers and higher may choose to be guided ($45 per person).

606 Front Street Key West Florida - Upper Map Area

Near the Historic Seaport, the Rum Barrel and the Pirate Soul Museum. A block from Simonton Street Beach.

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Other SCUBA Options:

Learn How To Scuba In 1 Day.
4 Hour Afternoon 2 Tank Reef Dive.
8 Hour "Certified" Scuba Refresher Course.

Take Your Vandenberg Dive Seriously

FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS!

Your Life May Depend On It!

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Gwen Filosa Gwen Filosa covers Key West and the Lower Florida Keys for FLKeysNews.com and the Miami Herald.

gfilosa@flkeysnews.com

Gwen Filosa Updated June 17, 2021 4:29 PM © Miami Herald

A 50-year-old Tamarac man died Tuesday morning after diving the Vandenberg wreck off Key West, law officers said.

Barry Beckett was diving with Southpoint Divers aboard a dive boat called the Phoenix, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office.

He returned to the boat after a dive and stopped breathing while aboard the boat, said Adam Linhardt, the sheriff’s office spokesman.

The crew started CPR and Beckett was taken to Lower Keys Medical Center in Key West, where he was pronounced dead at 10:58 a.m.

Foul play is not suspected and autopsy reports are pending, Linhardt said.

The popular Vandenberg wreck is about seven miles off Key West.

The 523-foot decommissioned military missile-tracking ship named after Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg was intentionally sunk in May 2009 and acts as an artificial reef.

The death comes two days after a 25-year-old woman from Melrose, Massachusetts, was pulled from the water while snorkeling at Bahia Honda State Park in the Lower Keys. Katherine Boukharov was pronounced dead Sunday at Fishermen’s Community Hospital in Marathon, police said.

In March, the body of 50-year-old Jordan Fisher, of Rockport, Texas, was found a day after she disappeared while diving the Vandenberg.

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gwen filosa pic Gwen Filosa covers Key West and the Lower Florida Keys for FLKeysNews.com and the Miami Herald.

gfilosa@flkeysnews.com

The body of a 50-year-old Texas woman was found Wednesday morning, a day after she disappeared while diving the Vandenberg wreck off Key West, police said.

Jordan Fisher was found around 10:30 a.m., not far from the wreck on the bottom of the seafloor, by divers with the Sea Eagle Dive Boat out of Key West, said Monroe County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Adam Linhardt.

Her body was taken by the U.S. Coast Guard to Coast Guard Station Key West, he said.

Fisher, of Rockport, Texas, disappeared Tuesday morning while diving the Vandenberg. A search was launched.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the Coast Guard, the Army Special Forces Underwater Operations School and the sheriff’s office dive team searched for Fisher after the call came in at about 10 a.m. Tuesday.

FWC and the U.S Coast Guard were back out Wednesday morning searching for Jordan Fisher, Linhardt said.

“Foul play is not expected to be a factor in the incident,” Linhardt said.

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