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Residents urge moving Hollywood Beach exclusion buoys farther offshore to protect snorkelers and novice divers
Summary
At the Sept. 3 Hollywood City Commission meeting, three residents and local dive professionals urged the commission to place vessel-exclusion buoys farther offshore than the proposed 218 yards, saying the current plan could put boaters in the path of swimmers heading to the natural reef about 300–400 yards out.
At the Hollywood City Commission meeting on Sept. 3, 2025, three residents and a local dive-shop owner asked the commission to move proposed vessel-exclusion buoys farther offshore, arguing the planned placement at about 218 yards would leave swimmers and snorkelers exposed near the natural "First Reef."
The request came during citizen comments, when Rick Goldman, a Southlake resident and recreational diver, said the markers as proposed would protect only the artificial reef but not the natural First Reef, which he and other residents said lies farther out. "By stopping the marker short of the First Reef, we'd be encouraging boaters to be directly in the path of people heading to that reef," Goldman said. He added that…
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