Lauderdale by the Sea Reef

Type of Dive

Standard Reef Drift Dive.

Skill Level

Beginner: Open Water or Jr. Open Diver 10 years and older.

Dive Site Depths

The depth is 12 to 15 feet on the first reef and 15 to 20feet on the outer reefs.

Dive Site Location

The Lauderdale by the Sea site is Located at the end of Datura Street at Lauderdale by the sea one block south of the commercial pier. Parking is limited.

Dive Site Description

Lauderdale by the Sea Reef is a shallow reef accessible from the beach. As you enter the beach you will find nothing but sand for about 50 yards. The depth will gradually drop off to about 16 feet until you reach the cannons. Continuing out to the east you will reach a flat part of the reef which continues out about another 50 yards or so. At that point you will reach a rise in the reef that goes up to about 12 feet with lots of holes in pockets to explore. Continuing out to the east you will come to patchy reef and continuing out further you will find a large solid reef which is the front side of the drop off.

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Dive Site Information

The Lauderdale by the Sea dive and snorkel site NUESTRA SENORA DE KAPLANO is an artificial reef which was made to look like a Spanish Galion wreck site. The cannons are located right in front of the first sub reefs about 50 yards offshore. If you continue your dive to the east you will come across two more shallow reefs about 150 yards offshore. These dive sites are excellent for photography, beginner and young divers and training.

The Dive Plan:

2 Dives 2 Locations

We start off the day with an exploration dive off the beach at Lauderdale by the Sea Reef. You may opt for a second dive if you would like to continue and explore. We have 45 min. to 1 hour on site. Air and bottom time permitting.

departure location for this dive trip is The Shop.

Dive Trip Schedule

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Night Dives are available on this Dive Site!

Lauderdale by the Sea Video

Our Local Reefs

We are fortunate enough that some of our South Florida beaches have amazing beach dive sites. The shallow dive sites are teeming with tropical fish, turtles and lots of interesting little creatures. Most of these sites can be snorkeled as well. As always for all of our beach dive locations you will need your own dive flag for your group.

Resident Marine Life

The amount of Marine life on our shallow reefs is amazing. It is not uncommon to see large schools of fish swimming by working their way up or down the coast. We also see large schools of small and medium tropical fish, stingray’s large and small, eels, lobsters and the occasional Turtles.

Want to go Snorkeling on this site?

Ready to go on this beach dive?

Night Dives are available on this Dive Site!

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The PADI Enriched Air (Nitrox) diver course will certify you to use Enriched Air (Nitrox) to stay down longer during your shallow water dives.

Also by breathing a higher concentration of oxygen during your dive, you will come back feeling refreshed and ready for more diving.

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