Florida Underwater Cemetery
It s an underwater cemetery just off the coast and a very cool and creepy dive site.
Florida underwater cemetery. The underwater cemetery where you can literally sleep with the fishes the neptune memorial reef off the coast of florida is the perfect final resting place if you fancy family visits to come by. When jeff mitchell died last october in a diving accident off the florida coast his buddies got together and created an underwater shrine complete with laminated photos and his diver s light. Persons buried in the atlantis memorial reef are cremated and their ashes mixed with concrete to form 10 pound sculptures of. Creators hope to make tourist hotspot expand underwater cemetery in which ashes of the deceased are mixed with concrete and turned into sculptures in neptune memorial reef.
It was originally conceived by gary levine and designed by artist kim brandell and known as the atlantis reef project or the atlantis reef as of 2012 the reef occupies a. Scuba diving neptune memorial reef was at the top of my list of things to do when i landed in miami florida. The neptune memorial also known as the atlantis memorial reef is an underwater cemetery located three miles off the coast of key biscayne florida. It s a beautiful way to memorialize a loved one in such a peaceful and serene setting.
Florida fish and wildlife and the army corps of engineers in 2007. At over 16 acres in size it is also the world s largest man made reef built to hold the remains of over 125 000 people. 1 underwater cemetery miami usa the neptune memorial reef also known as the atlantis memorial reef or the atlantis reef is an underwater mausoleum for cremated remains and the world s largest man made reef covering over 600 000 square feet 56 000 m of ocean floor. An underwater tribute that creates life after life.
Reef is a very unique dive site and it has to be one of most healthy and prolific reefs i have been on in south florida. The neptune memorial reef is an underwater columbarium in what was conceived by the creator as the world s largest man made reef covering over 600 000 square feet 56 000 m 2 of ocean floor at a depth of 40 feet 12 m.
