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Concrete Reef Mapping

This past weekend TISIRI participated in a Jacksonville Reef Research Team reef mapping project. See the video below for the story of the project.
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Tug Reef progress slow but forward

Things have been back and forth concerning the Tug boat vessel artificial reef project. Certain circumstances have arisen that have slowed down efforts and thus progress.
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Tug boat reef project in progress

9-20-10 TISIRI dove into the guts of the Tuff-E-Nuff this past Thursday and Friday. Since the vessel was partially filled with water and resting on a sandbar, the plan was to pump the tug out and take her out of the water for artificial reef preparations.On Thursday Joe...
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Tuff-E-Nuff, Name an artificial reef

TISIRI's Joe Kistel, Ed Kalakauskis, and Larry Davis made another visit to the Tuff-E-Nuff vessel location this past weekend. Kistel and Kalakauskis inspected the tug in an effort to start outlining preparation task while Davis documented the events with his cameras rolling. Read More

St Augustine, Andy King Artificial Reef

Coordinates: 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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Tuff-E-Nuff

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...
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St 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...
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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...

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Crystal 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...
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