Anchored into the ocean for four decades, the oil platform Eureka has grown encrusted with an array marine wildlife and is now a thriving artificial reef
In 1984, eight miles off the coast of Southern California, the 700-foot tall oil platform, Eureka, was anchored into the depths of the Pacific.
A California sea lion dives down from the surface to investigate divers. Sea lions are often spotted resting on the platform during low tide.This marine hot spot is one of 23 oil rigs and pipelines off the coast of California, fifteen of which are active, like Eureka. Constructed between 1967 and 1989, these rigs are nearing the end of their lifespan.
Where most rigs have vertical, cylindrical pilings, Eureka has layer-upon-layer of flat skirt pilings, which replicate the sea floor at various depths throughout the entire water column. As fish get older, they tend to slowly move deeper down the platform, where light steadily dims, and where the species multiply both in size and quantity. Deepwater corals extend off the pilings like branching trees, and shoals of striped rockfish that make up roughly 90 percent of the species of fish associated with the platform’s habitat.
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