South Florida Shore Diving: Dania Beach Erojacks

The Dania Beach Erojacks is an artificial reef running perpendicular to the shore in Ft. Lauderdale Florida. This is an excellent site for free diving and scuba diving from the shore. You can access the site through the state park (formerly called John U. Lloyd, but now named Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park). The reef was deployed in 1967, and stretches all the way out to the first set of natural ledges and reef. This video also includes identification of some of the more common marine inhabitance seen along the way.
This dive was on August 12th 2017.
The music is from the TH-cam music library and is rights free under common use.
It was hard to find the deployment date for this reef, but it is listed in the Florida Fish and Wildlife Report listed below. I also included another link to a cool research project on the Jacks.
Florida Fish and Wildlife Report on Artificial Reef Location (2009)
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Coral Resistance to Hurricane Impacts on the Erojacks Artificial Reef, Dania Beach, Florida
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[@bmadison5367]

Nice video, thanks for sharing the sea life enjoying the Jax.
It’s a good dive with buddies or solo. The Jax always deliver.

[@capnstevoanythinggoes]

Growing up in Hollywood, Florida, my first spearfishing was done at those jacks in 1968/1969. My first visit to the jacks was in a boat at the outer point of the jacks. Most of the rest of the visits were from the beach. We used to have to walk up from the pier, (no walkways yet), to start from the beach. Some days were so full of marine life, it was amazing.

[@MrRobjs83]

Nice video, i haven't dove that site in a few years myself.

[@MrRobjs83]

Couldn't even find it last time I was there

[@ShawnMcCall]

It can be tricky to find... you have to look for the palm tree with the concrete jack next to it onshore.... unless something happened to the reef itself.

[@MrRobjs83]

there used to be an actual arrow I remember but couldn't find it last time i was there

[@atrujillo9]

My encouragement to you is if at first you don’t succeed try try again. My friend and I went today for the first time. We had two tanks on the first dive we could not find it. On the second dive after we switched tanks, we started at the white pillar that marks it but accidentally went to far north east. On the way back to shore we went south west and found it. Shore diving in south Florida can definitely be an adventure.

[@MrRobjs83]

@@atrujillo9 I've found it in the past, dove that site a few times but the last couple times couldn't locate it

[@bmadison5367]

There is a white pole up on the bank set back in the grass. It has the word J A X spelled vertically on it in black.

[@liavamsalem2892]

How far out?

[@alyssachlebek3112]

About how deep is it?

[@ShawnMcCall]

about 15feet... maybe 20 occasionally

[@februaryoctober4981]

are you local?

[@ShawnMcCall]

I am local to South Florida, yes

[@MrRobjs83]

ey you want to go diving soon?

[@februaryoctober4981]

Yeah lets go i actually wanted to go today. Txt me 7863150098

[@aydenrodfishing9153]

Florida is one giant pet store.

[@miamiwax5504]

How far out?

[@ShawnMcCall]

The jax actual start fairly close to shore (maybe a few hundred feet out) and run straight out for about 1,500 feet or so. They end at the ledges which are about parallel to the end of the nearby pier. .

[@bmadison5367]

@@ShawnMcCall. That’s the first natural reef. There is a second one out father running parallel to shore. It’s a good one tank dive if you take your time.