While wave pools may be the manmade surfing development du jour, there’s other synthetic wave-making avenues out there that are gaining some steam. For instance, an artificial reef in Western ...

VENTURA — Californians have created plenty of surf spots by accident with harbor jetties, power plant outflows and even drainage pipes. Creating one on purpose is proving more difficult.

An obvious solution was an artificial reef.” We covered back in July how that solution eventually became a reality, when the Southern Ocean Artificial Reef (SOAR) was officially opened, and surfers ...

McCulley Marine Services, a key artificial reef deployment company in Florida, closed in 2023 due to rising costs. Florida governments and nonprofits are shifting focus to smaller, nearshore ...

Pollution and rising sea surface temperatures are decimating the world's coral reef populations. According to a 2020 Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network report, the world's oceans lost roughly 14% of ...

A three-year study proposes the 1,500-foot-long reef off North Beach, while the city also announced big permitting milestone to haul in sand.

The Boo McCulley Reef in Martin County will be at least the ninth ship sunk for an artificial reef off the Treasure Coast.

The reef, made from 2,100 tons of recycled concrete, will provide habitat for marine life and improve water quality. The project is part of a larger effort to restore the river's ecosystem and enhance ...

McCulley Marine Services in Fort Pierce closed in 2023 after owner and founder John "Boo" McCulley died in 2020. The Fort Pierce marine contractor deployed artificial reefs for over two decades and ...