Diving USS Copenhagen in Lauderdale Florida (Deans Dive Center Fort Myers FL)
Diving the USS Copenhagen in Lauderdale-By-The-Sea / Pompano Beach Florida. Dive trip with Deans Dive Center in Fort Myers FL and dove with South Florida Dive Headquarters on the Black Pearl. We dove the SS Copenhagen and the Nursery.
COPENHAGEN
Type of Dive: Mooring Buoy / Drift
Depth Range: 15-30 ft
Skill Level: Open Water Diver or Snorkeler
Location: Fort Lauderdale
Description: The SS Copenhagen was a steamer 325' long with a beam of 47'. The wreck is broken up along the eastern side of the Pompano Drop Off. While some of the wreckage is buried you can still make out many features of the wreck. It is nostalgic diving or snorkeling a wreck site over a hundred years old. Usually you see large schools of bait fish being chased by the rest of the food chain.
History: The British cargo ship Copenhagen was built by Priestman & Co. of Sunderland in 1898. The Copenhagen was owned by Glasgow Ship Owners Co. While en route from Philadelphia to Havana with 4,940 tons of coal, she ran aground on the Pompano Drop Off. Although the ship was unsalvageable, her cargo was saved. The Copenhagen remained partially visible above the water until WWII naval fighter pilots used her for target practice sending her to the bottom where she sits today. The Copenhagen was declared a State Underwater Archaeological Preserve in 1994.
NURSERY
Type of Dive: Mooring Buoy / Drift
Depth Range: 15-30 ft
Skill Level: Open Water Diver or Snorkeler
Location: Pompano Beach (ridge complex)
Description: We named this site the Nursery many years ago after the family of nurse sharks that reside here. There is good habitat here, with large under cut ledges. The sharks are used to divers and snorkelers and usually swim around under the boat. Hundreds of other fish surround the snorkelers on the surface..Occasionally we see the resident morey eel. The Nursery has been featured in numerous T.V. shows and magazines.
Navigation: The Nursery is usually an anchor dive, because most participants want to stay and interact with the nurse sharks. However take a flag and venture down the ledge and come back for more shark action. This is the best shallow dive in SE Florida!
SCUBA Diving in Pompano Beach, FL
WOW! What an incredible SCUBA diving trip this was! I can't believe how many things we saw on 4 drift dives and 2 wreck dives! Lobsters, octopus, lionfish, turtles, barracuda, eels, and a VERY rare surprise guest... you'll just have to watch to find out!
Thank you to my Dad for being the best dive buddy in the world! Having done 300+ dives in his life, I could just relax and enjoy the experience under his guidance.
I can't recommend Pompano Beach FL enough! We dove with South Florida Diving Headquarters. For my first wreck dives ever, the United Caribbean and the Ancient Mariner were perfect! Top ten moments in my life swimming the entire length of the Ancient Mariner - inside!
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Shipwreck Diving in Pompano Beach.
Scuba Earth Video Contest Submission, Odyssey Charters
This video shows the various wrecks and aquatic life surrounding Pompano Beach, Florida. All of these dives were done with Odyssey Charters and they can be reached at 855-DIVE-SFL. Please visit ocharters.com for additional information, or to make reservations to see these Shipwrecks for yourself !
Diving with South Florida Diving headquarters
My wife and I scuba diving off of Pompano Beach. We were taken out by South Florida Diving Headquarters. If you are looking for a company to fulfull all of your scuba, or snorkeling needs, look these guys up! They are the absolute best!about SFDH
Fort Lauderdale Diving
Fort Lauderdale is a great place to go diving. South Florida Diving Headquarters in Pompano Beach, Florida gives you the best that south Florida has to offer, including Boca, Pompano, and Fort Lauderdale Diving!
Tyler and Margo SCUBA Dive Pompano Beach FL ridge complex aka Nursery
Location: Pompano Beach FL (ridge complex)
with South Florida Diving Headquarters
Type of Dive: Mooring Buoy / Drift
Depth Range: 15-30 ft
Skill Level: Open Water Diver or Snorkeler
There is good habitat here, with large under cut ledges. If you watch closely you can see a small Nurse shark, Grouper and misc tropical fish. Thanks for watching.
Diving Fort Lauderdale Wreck Trek Florida [GoPro][4k]
I traveled over to Pompano Beach with Deans Dive Center in Fort Myers FL to join South Florida Diving Headquarters. We dove the Lauderdale Wreck Trek as well as doing a drift dive over Groupers Bend. As you can see there is an abundance of amazing sea life everywhere.
WRECK TREK FT LAUDERDALE
Type of Dive: Drift dive on Wrecks
Depth Range: 68-72 ft
Skill Level: Open Water Diver or Equivalent Experience
Location: Fort Lauderdale
Description: The Wreck Trek Ft. Lauderdale is a 3 wreck drift dive that includes the Jay Scutti, Tracey and Merci Jesus. You can easily cover 2 wrecks and if the current is right you can do all 3. This area is a great dive, along with all the marine life you get to test your navigational skills. There are rebar stakes sticking up in the sand in between the wrecks to help guide you along.
Navigation: Depending on the current you either start out on the Jay Scutti of the Merci Jesus. Circumnavigate each wreck, then take a heading and follow the stakes about 200' to each wreck. Be careful not to get your flag tangled on the wreck. Sometimes it easier if you are going to stay on the wreck for a while to tie it off and then retrieve it when you're ready to move on.
GROUPER BEND
Type of Dive: Drift dive on a Reef
Depth Range: 45-75 ft
Skill Level: Open Water Diver or Equivalent Experience
Location: Pompano Beach (outer reef)
Description: Grouper Bend offers excellent habitat. The top of the 3rd reef here is 45'-50'. The western facing ledge drops off to 65'-72' to the sand. There is a false ledge to the west of the main ledge. If you venture eastward, from the main ledge, you will eventually reach the edge of the reef at 80'-90'. Grouper are occasionally seen here. One theory is they move back and forth to the wrecks east of the ledge.
Navigation: Start out in either the north or south hook (depending on the current) and drift along the main ledge. This is the best scenic route. If you are lobstering sometimes it pays to venture to the deep side of the reef (east) to the Spur & Groove or to the false ledge to the west
JND Scuba Center diving in Pompano, Florida August 3, 2014
Diving on Lighthouse Ledge with South Florida Diving Headquarters. Open Water class
Scuba Diving in Fort Lauderdale Florida!
This was my first time scuba diving in the ocean and it was AWESOME! I went with South Florida Diving Headquarters out of Fort Lauderdale and we were over a reef in minutes! Lots of marine life and lots of fun! Would definitely recommend if you are in the area.
Scuba South Florida: Part 1
South Florida dive at Pompano Beach FL: Ship Wrecks
Diving the Copenhagen with South Florida Diving Headquarters
Pompano Beach Diving
Diving off Pompano Beach Florida with South Florida Diving Headquarters on the Safari Diver April 8, 2011: wrecks and reefs. Visibility was not as good as we wanted, but it was a beautiful day of diving. Incredible wildlife and a Goliath Grouper! Thanks to JND Scuba for arranging the dive!
South Florida Dive Trip
South Florida Dive Headquarters Trip. May 2015.
Pompano Beach Reef Dive
A great time with the Dive Charter Company ( South Florida Diving Headquarters ) and the boys from Sea Hunt Scuba!
Ray's Reef, Pompano Beach FL, 7-3-2015
A drift dive at 60fsw on a reef off the East coast of Florida near Pompano Beach. 80F. Dive charter arranged through South Florida Dive Headquarters, Pompano Beach FL.
Labor Day Scuba
South Florida Diving Headquarters dive trip off Pompano Beach, FL.
SCUBA Diving - Beach Dive off Hollywood Beach Florida
While SCUBA diving in places like the Keys, Bahamas or Cayman Islands are much more scenic and colorful, one advantage of living the past 30+ years in South Florida is the ability to beach dive whenever you have some spare time.
In much of the United States, there is really not much to see underwater within swimming distance of the shoreline.
But in South Florida (starting approximately at the West Palm Beach and southward region), you can strap on your tanks and gear, swim out about 500 yards with a dive flag in tow and drop down to 20-25 feet and spend 90 minutes underwater enjoying the northern-most edges of the tropical reefs that become larger and more scenic as you head into the true tropics of the Caribbean.
So while it may not be as grand and colorful and a full blown dive vacation to the islands, it is nearby and cheap.
At a moments notice, you can throw your tanks and gear in the car -- drive 30 minutes to the beach -- and be exploring the reefs within the hour.
Figure $4 for an air fill and $6 for a slice of pizza and soda when you get back on land and it makes for a great inexpensive way to spend the day for $10.
This video shows what lies underwater just a few hundred yards offshore at Hollywood Beach Florida.
This beach is pretty much equidistant between Fort Lauderdale and Miami Beach along the East Coast.
A much quieter and less populated beach area as the video reveals (although sadly, signs of urban sprawl are getting closer each year)
Enjoy.
Diving Abbey Too and Lighthouse Ledge reefs - Pompano Beach, FL
Drift dives - low visibility day 4/22/12
Diving with South Florida Diving Headquarters
Low quality video for a GoPro due to forgetting to change the resolution settings from 480 slow motion mode back to 1080 before the dive.
Wrecks and Reef Trip - Pompano, FL
Life Underwater went to Pompano, FL and saw a ton of amazing marine life, wrecks, and or course, reefs. We made 5 dives including one twilight (not quite night) dive. Saturday evening we feasted on terrific German cuisine at Checkers Old Muenchen - always a favorite stop (probably because they sell beer in liter boots)!! After diving on Sunday, we made a ritual stop at Flanigan's for lunch and then trekked back to Tampa. It was an awesome weekend - here are some highlights.
GoPro Scuba Trip at Pompano Beach
Scuba trip to Pompano Beach. Ship Wreck. South Florida Dive Headquarters.