NEW HOLLYWOOD SHIP WRECK

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A new artificial reef was just created off of Hollywood, Florida’s shore in Broward County. The sail boat that was sunken has fascinating history and was named Usikusiku, Swahili for “twilight.” The vessel was manufactured in South Africa and was conveyed to the coast where the two owners set sail for the first time to the Caribbean Islands. After their travels, the couple became parents and decided to reside in Fort Lauderdale, Florida ever since.

The couple donated the sailing vessel to the Broward County Artificial Reef Program. The program prepared and cemented the sailboat to get it ready to become a part of the ocean's sea floor, Usikusiku, was then sunken to become a part of The Hollywood Dive Trail. Created for divers, The Hollywood Dive Trail is a sequence of boat wrecks that extends over a quarter mile. Due to the distance of the arrangement of shipwrecks, divers can swim easily between the sunken vessels.

So far Broward County has diving sites of over 112 artificial reefs off South Florida's shores and hopes for many more artificial reefs to come. The location of the Usikusiku is 26o 00.4407’N, 80o 05.5850’W.

Go under and explore this historic South African Twilight!






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