Florida's Atlantic Coast
The Gulf Stream runs close to the beach
From Cape Canaveral south to Palm Beach the Gulf Stream squeezes shipping into a narrow lane close inshore.
Spanish plate fleets, coastal steamers and modern freighters all used the same corridor, and hurricanes coming up from the Bahamas caught them against a lee shore with reefs and bars close to the beach. The 1715 and 1733 fleet losses are documented here in state archaeological records, and later steam losses lie a short distance offshore.
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Records in These Waters
AvailableAmaryllis
AH-WR-0123Palm Beach Inlet, Florida
1965 · Cargo Ship · 85 ft deep
RegisteredAna Cecilia
AH-WR-0798Singer Island, Palm Beach County, Florida
2016 · Cargo Ship · 60 deep
AvailableBiscayne
AH-WR-0878Key Biscayne, Florida
December 1974 · Freighter · 55 ft deep
AvailableCabin Wreck
AH-WR-1063Sebastian, Florida
1715 · Galleon · 18 ft deep
RegisteredCaroline Eddy
AH-WR-0611Crescent Beach, St. Augustine, Florida
1880 · Brig Or Brigantine
AvailableCenterboard Schooner Wreck
AH-WR-0616St. Augustine, Florida
Believed to date to the second half of the 19th century · Centerboard Schooner · 18 ft deep
AvailableCorey N Chris
AH-WR-0681Pompano Beach, Florida
1986 · Dredge · 185-270 deep
AvailableDouglass Beach Wreck
AH-WR-1064Fort Pierce, Florida
1715 · Galleon · 20 deep
AvailableEsparta
AH-WR-1901Florida
1942 · Cargo Steamer
AvailableGeneral Hunter
AH-WR-1477Mandarin Point, Jacksonville, Florida
1864 · Army Transport
AvailableGeorges Valentine
AH-WR-0061Stuart, Martin County, Florida
1904 · Sailing Vessel
AvailableHalf Moon
AH-WR-1540Key Biscayne, Florida
1930 · Racing Schooner Yacht
AvailableHarriet A. Weed
AH-WR-1478Mandarin Point, Jacksonville, Florida
1864 · Army Transport
AvailableHavel
AH-WR-2065Boynton Beach, Florida
1987 · Freighter · 95 ft deep
AvailableHydro Atlantic
AH-WR-0670Boca Raton, Florida
1987 · Hopper Dredge · 120-175 deep
AvailableJay Scutti
AH-WR-0675Fort Lauderdale, Florida
1986 · Harbor Tugboat · 50-70 deep
AvailableKen Vitale
AH-WR-0879Fort Lauderdale, Florida
1999 · Offshore Supply Vessel · 55-75 deep
AvailableKing Street Vessel
AH-WR-0553St. Augustine, Florida
19th century; exact date unknown · Small Sailing Craft
AvailableKorsholm
AH-WR-1058Cape Canaveral, Florida
1942 · Freighter
AvailableLaertes
AH-WR-1902Florida
1942 · Cargo Steamer
AvailableLofthus
AH-WR-0062Manalapan, Palm Beach County, Florida
1898 · Bark (or Barque) · 20 deep
AvailableLubrafol
AH-WR-1059Hillsboro Inlet, Florida
1942 · Tanker
AvailableMaple Leaf
AH-WR-0361Mandarin Point, Florida
1864 · Sidewheel Steamer · 20 ft deep
AvailableMelbourne Beach Wreck
AH-WR-1065Melbourne Beach, Florida
1715 · Galleon
AvailableMerci Jesus
AH-WR-0880Fort Lauderdale, Florida
1998 · Freighter · 50-75 deep
AvailableMiss Karline
AH-WR-0680Miami Beach, Florida
1989 · Steel Shrimp Trawler · 35-51 deep
Historical ListingMizpah
AH-WR-0795Palm Beach, Florida
1968 · Yacht · 80 deep
AvailableMV Castor
AH-WR-0668Boynton Beach, Florida
2001 · Cargo Freighter · 80-110 deep
AvailableMV Lowrance
AH-WR-0672Pompano Beach, Florida
1984 · Cargo Freighter · 165-210 deep
AvailableMV Mercedes I
AH-WR-0671Fort Lauderdale, Florida
1985 · Cargo Freighter · 60-100 deep
RegisteredMV Zion Train
AH-WR-0669Jupiter, Florida
2003 · Cargo Freighter · 75-90 deep
AvailableNathan F. Cobb
AH-WR-0612Ormond Beach, Florida
1896 · Three-Masted Schooner
AvailableNuestra Señora del Carmen y San Antonio de Padua
AH-WR-1062Rio Mar Beach, Vero Beach, Florida
1715 · Galleon
AvailablePotrero del Llano
AH-WR-1903Florida
1942 · Tanker
AvailableRonald B. Johnson
AH-WR-0677Pompano Beach, Florida
1988 · Cargo Freighter · 120-270 deep
AvailableRuby
AH-WR-0615Fernandina, Florida
1907 · Full-Rigged Sailing Ship (Bark)
AvailableSan Miguel Arcángel
AH-WR-1061Jupiter Beach, Florida
Late 1659 or early 1660 · Aviso · 12 ft deep
AvailableSea Emperor
AH-WR-0673Boca Raton, Florida
1991 · Hopper Barge · 50-70 deep
AvailableSha Sha Boekanier
AH-WR-0797Palm Beach, Florida
2002 · Coastal Freighter · 40 deep
AvailableSS Amazone
AH-WR-0550Fort Pierce, Florida
1942 · Cargo Steamship
AvailableSS Breconshire
AH-WR-0363Florida Atlantic coast
Date not established · Freighter
AvailableSS Cities Service Empire
AH-WR-1055Cape Canaveral, Florida
1942 · Tanker
AvailableSS City of Vera Cruz
AH-WR-0614Cape Canaveral, Florida
1880 · Passenger And Cargo Steamship
AvailableSS Commodore
AH-WR-0613Ponce Inlet, Florida
1897 · Steam Tug / Gun-Running Steamer · 70 ft deep
AvailableSS Copenhagen
AH-WR-0060Lauderdale-By-The-Sea, Broward County, Florida
1900 · Steamship · 30 deep
AvailableSS Gulfamerica
AH-WR-0551Jacksonville Beach, Florida
1942 · Tanker · 60 ft deep
AvailableSS Halsey
AH-WR-0122Jupiter Inlet, Florida
1942 · Tanker
AvailableSS Inchulva
AH-WR-0364Palm Beach, Florida
1911 · Freighter · 20 ft deep
AvailableSS Leslie
AH-WR-1057Cape Canaveral, Florida
1942 · Freighter
AvailableSS Ocean Venus
AH-WR-1060Port Canaveral, Florida
1942 · Freighter · 70 ft deep
AvailableSS Pan Massachusetts
AH-WR-1053Cape Canaveral, Florida
1942 · Tanker
AvailableSS Republic
AH-WR-1054Jupiter Island, Florida
1942 · Tanker
AvailableSS W.D. Anderson
AH-WR-1056Jupiter, Florida
1942 · Tanker
AvailableSt. Jacques
AH-WR-0796Palm Beach, Florida
2002 · Coastal Freighter · 80 deep
AvailableStorm Wreck
AH-WR-0552St. Augustine, Florida
1782 · Sailing Vessel
AvailableUmtata
AH-WR-1900Florida
1942 · Cargo Steamer
AvailableUnited Caribbean
AH-WR-0678Boca Raton, Florida
2000 · Cargo Freighter · 50-70 deep
AvailableUrca de Lima
AH-WR-0063Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Florida
1715 · Sailing Vessel · 15 deep
Historical ListingUSS Columbine
AH-WR-0362Horse Landing, Florida
1864 · Gunboat
Historical ListingUSS Rankin
AH-WR-0674Stuart, Florida
1988 · Attack Cargo Ship · 70-140 deep
