Visit our family-friendly waterfront parks and beaches for sunbathing, swimming, and admiring some of the state’s most splendid sunsets. Our public parks also include such amenities as playgrounds, volleyball courts, and concession stands.
Florida’s Adventure Coast, Brooksville-Weeki Wachee is a water-lover’s haven; from fresh-water rivers and lakes to the world-famous Weeki Wachee Spring to the Gulf, cool, clear water invites and invigorates. Rogers Park, on the Weeki Wachee River, is popular with locals and visitors alike. With a sandy white beach, playground, picnic areas, and concessions, you’ll enjoy a relaxing day waterside. For a bit more adventure, avail yourself of the canoe/kayak launch or boat ramp; play a little volleyball or enjoy the myriad of birds and wildlife in the area.
For those looking for underwater adventures, Florida’s Adventure Coast offers both natural underwater beauty as well as a growing collection of artificial reefs.
DIVING, SNORKELING & SWIMMING
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BUCCANEER BAY
FLORIDA’S ONLY SPRING-FED WATER PARK
Swimmers will delight in Buccaneer Bay, Florida’s only spring-fed water park located at Weeki Wachee Springs State Park. Featuring two water slides, the Cannonball and Pirate’s Revenge, these slides will leave you eager to ride again and again.
Enjoy the sandy white beach or take a swim in the crystal-clear waters. Those looking to truly relax will enjoy the “lazy river,” created by the spring waters as you float around the swimming area.
NEAR SHORE ARTIFICIAL REEFS
A Unique Underwater Experience
Designed with sustainability in mind, a series of nearshore artificial reefs have been strategically deployed in shallow Gulf waters.
These reef-ball structures serve as essential habitat for a variety of marine life, helping to restore and support local ecosystems. Over time, fish, crustaceans, and other sea creatures take residence around the reef balls, transforming them into thriving underwater communities.
These artificial reefs aren’t just great for marine life—they offer divers of all skill levels an accessible way to explore the Gulf’s vibrant sea life just a short boat ride from the coast.
For eco-minded travelers and marine enthusiasts alike, these nearshore reefs provide an unforgettable glimpse beneath the surface.
WHY DIVE HERE?
Thanks to its unique Gulf of America underwater landscape, Florida’s Adventure Coast is prime artificial reef territory. Mainly seagrass interspersed with rocky bottoms and occasional holes, there are few natural reefs. Adding well-placed structures with interesting spaces ensures thriving ecosystems and other environmental benefits.
Bendickson Reef, located some 20nm west of Hernando Beach, is known as “The Tanks,” and is the home of ten US Army M-60 tanks, already a popular destination for fisherman, scuba divers, and free divers. M-60 tanks are not commonly seen on the bottom of the Gulf of America, so diving on these massive machines provide visitors with a very memorable underwater experience. Recently, a wide range of fish friendly materials including Custom fabricated pyramid modules and reef cubes were deployed to maximize habitat quality, diversity, and vertical relief needed for increasing fish productivity.
Recent fish survey dives recorded schools of baitfish so thick that they appeared as underwater walls blocking a clear view of the new material. Many different species of fish have taken up residence on the new material, including gag grouper of all life stages, mangrove snapper, sheepshead, hogfish, Spanish mackerel, queen angelfish, Atlantic spadefish, and even schools of snook.
Closer to shore, three shallow snorkeling reefs have also been created. The first of its kind on Florida’s Adventure Coast, these shallow water high relief structures provide maximum interstitial space needed for creating refuge areas for schooling baitfish and foraging areas for fish migrating in and out of the Weeki Wachee estuary.
Each site is comprised of a linear array of 1400 lb reef balls deployed in natural sand depressions with 57 reef balls deployed at the largest of the three sites, Site B.
Site C contains 53 reef balls and the smallest site, Site A, contains 25 reef balls. All of the sites are located within close proximity (2 to 3.5 miles) of the Bayport and Hernando Beach channel-lighted entrances. These new aquatic habitats rest among sprawling seagrass meadows dotted with blue-eyed bay scallops.
REEF SITES
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