Next week, weather and logistics permitting, a new reef of over 700 tons (1,400,000 pounds) of concrete material will be placed offshore North East Florida. Below are a few pictures of the material that will be used to create the new reef.
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TISIRI at Jacksonville Beach with ARC Surf Camp
TISIRI's Kistel and Kalakauskis served as a surf station "leaders" providing 1 on 1 surfing instruction and guidance to children throughout the day. Kistel and Kalakauskis would discuss surfing with each child before entering the water whiling getting an idea of each child's comfort level. Once the child appeared comfortable he/she would lay on the surf board while being pushed into a wave. Most of the children were able to stand up on the surf board with a few attempts.
Read MoreBarge Loaded For Flagler Artifical Reef Deployment
Later this week, weather permitting, this material will be barged down off the coast of Flagler county and deployed to the sea floor. In no time at all the concrete reef material will colonise with invertebrate growth providing food and shelter for a diverse variety of marine life.
Read MoreYacht outing aboard the Amazing Grace
July 14th and 15th 2011
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TISIRI's Joe Kistel and Ed Kalakauskis joined Safe Harbor Boys Home in an outing aboard the largest yacht in Jacksonville; the Amazing Grace. Kistel and Kalakauskis were aboard to serve as crew and photograph the vessel.The Amazing Grace departed Safe...Calling artisits for Children's book project
A artist and/or artists are requested and will be selected to participate in creating the illustrated character, "Spike." Those interested in participation are asked to submit a sample rendition for review.
Read MoreNew Jacksonville Artificial Reef Is Thriving
TISIRI and Jacksonville Reef Research team (JRRT) divers visited this Jacksonville artificial reef that was deployed in August of 2009. The video and pictures below show the condition of the reef after only 2 years of evolution.
Read MoreShark Week Commercial; TISIRI Exposure Opportunity
In an effort for the possibility of TISIRI exposure via the Discovery Channel, the following 30 second Shark week video was created for the Shark Week video challenge. Should the video be received well by Discovery and Shark Week fans the commercial will air on the Discovery...
Read MoreFF Pre-deployment Survey Dive
TISIRI's pre-deployment survey report for the upcoming 2011 Jacksonville artificial reef deployment. The article contains pictures and video of the area inspected and is a formal write-up of survey efforts.
Read MoreEncounter with a three flipper-ed sea turtle
Several weeks ago TISIRI's Joe Kistel encountered this sea turtle with only three flippers while scuba diving an artificial reef site offshore Jacksonville Florida.
Read MoreVoyage aboard the legendary Atlantis II
The TISIRI team had an exclusive voyage aboard the famous Atlantis II. The Atlantis II is most known for her involvement with discovery efforts of the RMS Titanic. See pictures of the voyage below.
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