Recreational diving
Diving for the purpose of leisure and enjoyment
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| 2024 |
Artificial reef
The SS America has completely disappeared, having fully transformed into an artificial reef off the coast of Playa de Garcey, Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands.
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| August 2024 |
Artificial reef
Divers discovered soft coral growing on the recently added railcars and counted nine species of game fish at L Reef.
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| 2023 |
Artificial reef
Dubai unveiled designs for Dubai Reefs, the world's largest ocean restoration and ecotourism project, which plans to use 3D printing technology to create the world's largest artificial reef.
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| 2023 |
Artificial reef
A review article highlighted the potential of artificial reefs in marine ecosystem restoration, emphasizing the importance of location-specific studies and characteristics for effective implementation.
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| December 21 2023 |
Artificial reef
DNR unloaded two retired railcars from the Metro Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority to add to L Reef.
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| March 2023 |
SS Ohio
Researchers announced plans to nominate SS Ohio for listing in the National Register of Historic Places following her discovery.
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| 2022 |
Artificial reef
A scientific review was conducted addressing the 'attraction-production' hypothesis of artificial reefs, concluding that the impact of artificial reefs can only be assessed on a case-by-case basis and must be validated after installation.
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| 2021 |
Artificial reef
4Ocean began collecting tires from the ocean bottom as part of their cleanup operations.
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| 2020 |
Artificial reef
The project initiated testing of a new block prototype composed of eggshell waste, sand, pebbles, and cement, stabilized with iron rebar.
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| 2020 |
Artificial reef
NOAA placed 70,000 tons of quarry rock on the ocean bottom off the California coast to create an artificial reef, aimed at luring fish away from a toxic site previously contaminated by Montrose Chemical Corporation's DDT waste.
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| 2020 |
Artificial reef
Conclusion of a 30-year research analysis on artificial reefs, demonstrating their potential as ecosystem restoration tools when carefully designed to match specific local resource requirements.
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| 2019 |
Thomas Friant
The wreck of Thomas Friant was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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| 2019 |
Artificial reef
Bennington's Reef was added to the Temple reef dive site, using a patented design for cement-dolomite blocks. The initial block was 3D printed, with subsequent blocks created using molded frames.
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| 2019 | A report by the Diving Equipment and Marketing Association estimated the combined contribution of recreational scuba diving and snorkeling to the US gross domestic product at $11 billion. |
| June 2019 |
Heron Island
The tree hosting the white-bellied sea eagles' nest fell down, killing the female eagle.
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| 2018 |
Artificial reef
The Lebanese Army donated 10 stripped tanks to an NGO and sunk them 3 km away from the coast of Sidon in South Lebanon, creating an artificial reef to support marine ecosystem development.
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| 2018 | PADI worldwide certification statistics showed an increase in female divers to 38.0% of total certifications, continuing the trend of growing gender diversity in recreational diving. |
| December 10 2018 |
SS Choctaw
The SS Choctaw shipwreck was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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| June 29 2018 |
Artificial reef
A decommissioned warship was sunk off Hervey Bay on the Queensland Coast, marking the latest addition to Australia's artificial reef program.
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| 2017 |
SS Ohio
SS Ohio was discovered upright in over 200 feet of water off Presque Isle, Michigan, 122 years after her sinking.
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| 2017 |
Artificial reef
The Temple Reef Foundation was established to support marine conservation and develop artificial surfing reefs in the area.
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| 2017 |
Artificial reef
RGV Reef, a 1,650-acre artificial reef, was created in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Texas to study potential carbon capture capabilities.
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| May 23 2017 |
SS Choctaw
The wreck of SS Choctaw was located by a team from the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary, almost 102 years after she sank. The wreck was found lying on her starboard side with the bow partially buried in the lake bottom.
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| 2015 |
Artificial reef
Temple Adventures constructed a Temple-shaped artificial reef structure at a depth using recycled materials including concrete, rocks, trees, palms, and iron bars.
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| 2015 |
Artificial reef
Eric Shaw reported significant marine life development in the reef, including microbiological species, conger and moray eels.
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| 2014 | A survey of American divers revealed approximately 3.145 million Americans participated in scuba diving, with a 0.9% decrease from the previous year. |
| 2013 |
Artificial reef
Experimentation with artificial reef structures began at the Temple reef dive site off the coast of Pondicherry, India.
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| 2013 |
Artificial reef
The government of Gibraltar sunk more than 70 concrete blocks, each one square meter in size with protruding metal bars, leading to a diplomatic conflict between the United Kingdom and Spain over fishing rights.
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| 2013 | PADI worldwide certification statistics showed female divers comprised 34.4% of total certifications, indicating gender diversity in recreational diving. |
| 2012 |
Artificial reef
A comprehensive review of artificial surfing reefs concluded that they performed poorly and rarely achieved their primary or secondary objectives of surfing enhancement.
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| 2011 |
Artificial reef
Boscombe Surf Reef was closed.
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| April 2011 |
Artificial reef
A decommissioned warship was sunk off Terrigal on the New South Wales Central Coast, continuing the national artificial reef initiative.
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This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia articles Thomas Friant (ship), Recreational diving, SS Ohio (1875), Heron Island (Queensland), Artificial reef & SS Choctaw, which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.