Underwater view of a sunken ship covered in algae and marine growth, with a fish swimming nearby in murky blue-green water.
A sunken ship rests on the ocean floor, partially covered in sediment and surrounded by murky blue water.
A large fish swims inside the dark, submerged interior of a sunken shipwreck, surrounded by corroded metal structures and dim greenish light.
A sunken shipwreck rests on the ocean floor, covered in marine growth and surrounded by deep blue water.

M/V CHEPANOC was a 129-foot (39.3m-meter) utility tug deployed by Okaloosa County as and artificial reef in 2005. She sits upright and intact on a sandy bottom in 108 feet (33-meters). Limited penetration is possible through a large access point behind the wheelhouse, while the wheelhouse itself is accessible as well. Numerous fish species are known to inhabit this wreck, including a large goliath grouper. Schools of Atlantic spadefish and vermillion snapper sometimes obscure the wreck, while angelfish and butterflyfish often cruise across the hull alone or in pairs. This wreck was added to the popular Florida Panhandle Shipwreck Trail in 2020.