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Lauderdale-by-the-Sea

Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, FL · Palm Beaches$Metered parking $1.75 to $4 an hour

About

Anglin's Pier Reef lies in about 10 feet of water just south of the fishing pier at Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, and you get to it straight off the beach. The Datura Avenue beach entrance has a rack for dive tanks. Also south of the pier, the Shipwreck Snorkel Trail that Jean-Michel Cousteau dedicated in 2002 has an anchor and five concrete cannons on the bottom. The 1900 wreck of the SS Copenhagen, less than a mile offshore, takes a boat.

Highlights

Anglin's Fishing Pier at the end of Commercial BoulevardLiving reef within 100 yards of shoreShipwreck Snorkel Trail south of the pierSS Copenhagen wreck, a boat dive

Getting there

4501 North Ocean Drive, Lauderdale-By-The-Sea, FL 33308

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