Miami Herald outdoors writer Susan Cocking reports on an extreme sport growing off South Florida’s shores: underwater scooter racing. The third competition in the new Wreck Racing League’s Formula H2O circuit took place off Key Largo last weekend. According to Cocking, “Racing underwater scooters, or diver propulsion vehicles (DPVs), is the brainchild of Joe Weatherby, [...]

  The retired missile-tracking ship Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg was sunk on May 27 and now sits in 140 feet of water six miles off Key West. The ship is reportedly sitting upright with its keel in the sand. After mooring buoys were installed, the site is now open to divers.   The 523-foot Vandenberg [...]

The retired missile-tracking ship Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg is destined to become the next artificial reef in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary just south of Key West, according to the Florida Keys Newsroom. Workers are preparing to sink the ship onm May 27.   The 523-foot Vandenberg is to one of the three largest [...]