Goliath Grouper - Bridgespan 14 Panama City Beach

A very large adult Goliath Grouper swimming midwater with a Great Barracuda escort near Bridgespan 14 artificial reef approximately 7 miles offshore of Panama City Beach, FL

Goliath Grouper Congregate

A group of three out of four Goliath Grouper, Epinephelus itajara, congregate and hover about ten feet above the Bridge Span artificial reef in 80 feet of Gulf waters off the coast of Panama City Beach, FL in May 2014.

Goliath Grouper - Fishing Line Wrap

An adult Goliath Grouper, wrapped in fishing line and weight, swims around the perimeter of Bridgespan 14 aboout 7 miles off the coast of Panama City Beach, FL in the Gulf of Mexico.

Greater Amberjack - Fish Hook and Line

A Greater Amberjack, Seriola dumerili, swimming with a fish hook and line caught in its mouth in at the Red Sea tug artificial reef in about 70 feet of depth in the Gulf of Mexico six miles off the coast of Panama City Beach, FL. A large school of Tomtate or brown grunt are in the background.

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Nurse Shark & Remora Resting - USS Strength Wreckage

A Nurse Shark, over five feet long, with its accompanying Remora rest on the bottom inside wreckage from the USS Strength artificial reef off shore of Panama City, FL in 80 feet of Gulf of Mexico water.

Rear View of Nurse Shark Resting

A Nurse Shark, over five feet long, with its accompanying Remora rest on the bottom inside wreckage from the USS Strength artificial reef off shore of Panama City, FL in 80 feet of Gulf of Mexico water.

Voodoo F101 Fighter Jet Tail

A U.S. Airforce F101 fighter jet tail section is silhouted by the morning sun in 80 feet of Gulf of Mexico waters just off the coast of Panama City Beach, FL. Two Voodoo aircraft were sunk off the coast as part of an artificial reef program.

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Remora Swimming

A Remora swims by looking for a host. The remoras, sometimes called suckerfish, are a family of ray-finned fish in the order Perciformes.

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Greater Amberjack - Red Sea Tug Deck Ballard

A Greater Amberjack, Seriola dumerili, slowly swims by the deck ballard of the wreck and artificial reef Red Sea in 75 feet of Gulf of Mexico water about six miles off the coast of Panama City Beach, Florida. A large school of Tomtate fish swim around in the background.

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Remora - Looking For Host

A Remora swimming up looking for a host to ride and use suction pad.

Red Sea Tugboat - Tomtate Fish

A large school of Tomtate fish, also known as Brown Grunts, congregate around the tow line mechanism on the Red Sea Tugboat sunk as an artificial reef in 75 feet of Gulf of Mexico water about 6 miles off the coast of Panama City Beach, Florida.

Butterfly Fish Pair - Liberty Ship Wreck

A pair of Butterfly Fish feed on the encrusted coral and algae on the Benjamin H. Grierson Liberty Ship wreck, 441 feet long, sunk in 70 feet of Gulf of Mexico waters off the coast of Panama City, FL.

Greater Amberjack - Red Reef Davit

A small school of Greater Amberjack, Seriola dumerili, swim by and a larger school of Tomtate, Haemulon aurolineatum, hover over a davit on the Red Sea tug boat used as an artificial reef about six miles off the coast of Panama City Beach, FL.

Greater Amberjack - Redsea Wreck

A Greater Amberjack swims above the Red Sea wreck sunk in 75 feet of Gulf of Mexico waters inshore near Panama City, FL.