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Anyone fish or dive on the "Trees" south of Orange Beach, AL?
Posted on 6/23/14 at 8:28 pm
Posted on 6/23/14 at 8:28 pm
This is an area in the Gulf that was discovered sometime after Katrina, where a 50,000 year old cypress forest was uncovered and has made an artificial reef south of Mobile Bay. Would like to dive on the site if I can find it...
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Posted on 6/23/14 at 8:35 pm to LSUME86
I saw a documentary about it. Pretty interesting stuff, but I hear they're keeping the location pretty locked up...
Posted on 6/23/14 at 8:39 pm to SCUBABlake
That's what I understand too, but I did hear it is 15 miles south of the Orange Beach Condos by the same folks that have done reporting on this find.
Was hoping some fisherman that doesn't mind a scuba diver might give me some coordinates.....
Was hoping some fisherman that doesn't mind a scuba diver might give me some coordinates.....
Posted on 6/23/14 at 10:41 pm to LSUME86
That sounds awesome
Posted on 6/23/14 at 11:25 pm to LSUME86
Posted on 6/24/14 at 12:15 am to LSUME86
No, but now I'm going to try 
Posted on 6/24/14 at 5:21 am to runningTiger
quote:I've lived here just about my entire life and never knew the place even existed until a year or so ago.
no one gonna give you the coorinates
Once again
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no one gonna give you the coorinates
Posted on 6/24/14 at 7:28 am to runningTiger
fascinating stuff
Posted on 6/24/14 at 8:28 am to LSUME86
That's pretty cool.
Posted on 6/24/14 at 9:08 am to DeepSouthSportsman
According to a friend that lives down there and has forgotten more about fishing than I'll ever know, there's another set that he has fished.
Posted on 6/24/14 at 9:26 am to MrCoachKlein
Needs to get a barge out there and start yanking sinker cypress.
Posted on 6/24/14 at 9:54 pm to runningTiger
quote:Okay, now it's on.
no one gonna give you the coorinates
Posted on 6/25/14 at 7:28 am to eng08
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Needs to get a barge out there and start yanking sinker cypress.
Probably why the coordinates are being kept under wraps
50k year old virgin sinker cypress would be worth $$$$$$. But yeah there has never been global warming..... pretty crazy to think that sea levels have risen close to 100' since then. Posted on 6/25/14 at 7:42 am to bayoudude
Sounds like the tale is already growing
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50k year old virgin sinker cypress
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Based on historic sea level depths, Mimi Fearn, head of the Earth Sciences Department at the University of South Alabama, said the forest was likely 10,000 to 12,000 years old. Research conducted for a scientific paper titled “Sea-level history of the Gulf of Mexico since the Last Glacial Maximum“ suggests a slightly broader range of 8,000 to 14,000 years old, due to the confounding influence of sediments from the Mississippi River.
This post was edited on 6/25/14 at 7:55 am
Posted on 6/25/14 at 7:45 am to LSUME86
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Okay, now it's on.
Does sound cool. Personally I would start by looking for email addresses for anyone mentioned in that article or other articles I could find along with the author for additional sources. Never know but they have studied it apparently and someone may share your interest.
Posted on 6/26/14 at 7:35 am to Langston
Posted on 6/26/14 at 8:14 am to LSUME86
So we are running out of time to go salvage the wood....
Posted on 7/3/15 at 5:59 pm to eng08
Any updates out there?
How about a recommendation on a Mbbile area dive shop?
How about a recommendation on a Mbbile area dive shop?
Posted on 7/3/15 at 6:59 pm to LSUME86
Last I heard it was going to be turned into a sanctuary like flower gardens...
I would love to dive it
I would love to dive it
Posted on 7/3/15 at 7:53 pm to misterc
quote:That would be awesome.....love the flower gardens.
Last I heard it was going to be turned into a sanctuary like flower gardens..
Where did you hear this?
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