County environmental officials dropped 530 tons of boulders into the ocean northeast of the Boca Raton Inlet to create an artificial reef that intends to help fish moving to the open sea. All four county inlets now have such reefs. Tim Stepien/The Co
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The 324-foot ship Lady Luck was scuttled in 120 feet of water off Pompano Beach
on the afternoon of July 23, adding to the dive destinations already in Shipwreck Park.
Photo provided by Elaine Fitzgerald
By Mike Readling
When Palm Beach County installed 62, 1- to 2-ton pods just offshore from Ocean Ridge last year, the idea was to provide a breakwater for the beachrenourishment project it had in the works.
One of the byproducts of that venture was