by Mikkel Pitzner | Jul 20, 2013 | Osborne Tire Reef
Project Baseline is glad to inform that the first monitoring station was installed on the Osborne Reef on July 14, 2013. The first station is actually what will be referred to Station 8 on the Osborne Reef as this refers to the Broward County map of the Reef...
by Mikkel Pitzner | Jul 10, 2013 | Dania Beach, Erojacks
The Erojack Reef of Dania Beach has now been added to the list of Project Baseline that is being monitored by the Gulfstream chapter. The reef is easily accessible from the beach and makes for a great beach dive and attracts a lot of divers. We are hopeful that s...
by Mikkel Pitzner | Jun 27, 2013 | Osborne Tire Reef
As promised in our post from June 20 2013, here come some more videos from our survey dives from the Osborne Reef. On June 15 2013 we made a reconnaissance dive on the Osborne Reef following the Southern, Eastern and Northern perimeter , finishing with an extra 5...
by Mikkel Pitzner | Jun 24, 2013 | Erojacks, Osborne Tire Reef
7000 ft off Sunrise Boulevard and 3.8 miles North of Port Everglades at LAT 26°08.320 N and 80°04.830 W DGPS is a 50′ circle of Erojacks, 4 ft high each – at a depth of 65′ in the sand and 58-60′ on top of the Erojacks. The circle of Erojacks at the Osborne Reef is...
by Mikkel Pitzner | May 31, 2013 | Osborne Tire Reef
The idea of using discarded tires to build man-made reefs in order to attract sea life and coral growth has been tried many different places all over the world. But it appears that all such projects eventually have failed miserably – some even disastrously. The image...