Grouper Bend Reef is a section of the outer reef that runs parallel to the Broward County coastline, just a mile offshore. It gets its name from the groupers that frequent the deeper, eastern edge of the reef.
Originally built as the USCG Cutter Nemesis, she served as a sub chaser during WW2. She was decommissioned in 1964 and later converted in 1981 into a floating restaurant known as the Ancient Mariner.