Virginia Reef Ball Projects and Photos
Sea Search, our authorized contractor for Virginia, leads the way with many creative projects in VIrginia. Other projects include dive clubs, Reef Ball Coalition, DNR, Army Corp and oyster projects. Click here for World Mapping System Information on Virginia
Project of the Year award winner
Reef Balls have been deployed... Eight Reef Balls have already been deployed on the approved artificial reef site less than 600 yards from the Chesapeake Light Tower! Thursday, April 25, 2002 the last four reef balls will be deployed. Congratulations & many thanks to Josh, with "Sea Search" for helping us with this wonderful contribution to the environment & to all our local divers!
The Lynn Haven Dive Club is an active participant in the area.
This reef is located 3.3 NM ENE of the entrance to Pungoteague Creek. The center of this reef is marked with a yellow "VMRC" buoy designated "NP". There are two fields of 60 reef balls each located on the east and west side of the buoy.
Reef Balls were deployed successfully in May 2000 in Virginia by the Reef Ball Coalition and an 8th grade school class.
On May 7th-11th 2001 Twelve 8th graders from Burley Middle School in Charlottesville Virginia ventured to Virginia Beach on a quest to create an artificial reef made of Reef Balls.
Sea Search of Virgina was formed in 1998 by Josh and Fran Loney, utilizing exsisting resources to improve the quality of Virginia's beaches and aquatic life. We entered into our latest project in aprill of 2002 manufacturing and deploying reefballs. With our vessel the Sea Search 1 we have deployed numerious reef balls into the Chesapeake Bay. We are an authorized reefball contractor for The Reef Ball Development Group, ltd.
This reef is located 1.4 nautical miles north of Windmill Point Light. The center of the reef is marked with a yellow "VMRC" buoy designated "WP".
There are two fields of 60 reef balls each located on the east and west side of the buoy.
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