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29*52.5914 N
81*09.2067 WAug 27, 2010Commissioner Carl Blow, of St Augustine Port Waterway & Beach District, escorted TISIRI Divers Joe Kistel and Ed Kalakauskis offshore to perform the first ever dive on the Andy King...
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TISIRI’s Joe Kistel and Ed Kalakauskis visited a potential artificial reef project last week. The vessel of interest is an old steel tug boat with approximate dimensions of 70’L X 20’W X 25’T. Creating an artificial reef with it would be a perfect way to recycle...
Read MoreSt Augustine Artificial Reef Deployment
7-30-10Today was the first drop of the bridge pilings reef deployment offshore the coast of St. Augustine Fl.
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The day started at 7:30am at the Comanche Cove Marina where we boarded the Sailfish II. The gracious captain and crew of the vessel welcomed TISIRI divers...St. Augustine artificial reef project underway
July 9th 2010
The temporary bridge in St Augustine that was used during the repair process of the Bridge of Lions has been dismantled. The piling material will be used as artificial reef material. The video below shows some of the material being placed on a barge...
Spike Reef: 1 year anniversary
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Read MoreCrystal Clear NE Florida Artificial Reef Diving
7-10-2010Today’s two dives were my personal best offshore North East Florida. At a depth of nearly 80 feet we could see the reef structures from the surface. It was absolutely spectacular; comparable to a good day of Keys diving. The videos and pictures to follow...
Read MoreSt. Augustine Reef Project
TISIRI’s Ed Kalakauskis, Larry Davis, and Joe Kistel met with Carl Blow of the St. Johns County Port Authority in regards to the upcoming reef deployment. The meeting was on the Bridge of Lions looking over the piling removal and barge loading process. The temporary bridge...
Read MoreBig Ship Reef Project Preparation
Joe Kistel, Ed Kalakauskis, Kistel, Rick Ryals, offshore NE Florida seafloor,offshore NE Florida, NE Florida seafloor, Future reef sites, artificial reef structure, reef structure, future reef locations, large vessel reef deployments, artificial reef endeavors
Read MoreNSS: Coppage Tugboat and Concrete Reefs
6-26-10
Another great day to be underwater! TISIRI and the Jacksonville Reef Research team performed two artificial reef survey dives this past weekend. Both artificial reef sites were located in the NSS, “North Sixteen Seventeen,” area...
Read MoreA new artificial reef evolves
6-12-10What a great day it was to be on the water. The Atlantic was glass calm and the air was clear as far as our eyes could see!
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Today’s mission was to visit the concrete artificial reef material placed off Jacksonville this past summer. ...
