fun facts

Here are some fun facts about Eternal Reefs....


The smallest Eternal Reefs Memorial Reef is two feet high and three feet wide and weighs 400 pounds. The largest is four feet high and six feet wide and weights 4,000 pounds.

Eternal Reefs inaugurated the first community reef in the United States on October 3, 2001 in Charleston, South Carolina.

Eternal Reefs Memorial Reefs are expected to live 500 years

The largest “green memorial” in the United States is located in Sarasota, Florida where over 100 Eternal Reefs Memorial Reefs are dedicated.

Memorial Reefs can go only in properly permitted locations that are approved by the Federal, State, and local governments. Eternal Reefs work with the families, and the state and local agencies to find the area of most need for the memorial reef.

How much do Memorial Reefs cost? The price ranges from $4,995 for an Atlantis memorial reef ball to $995 for a community reef memorial.

Cremation is growing dramatically in the United States, and by 2010, the procedure may be included in 40 percent of funerals, according to the Cremation Association of North America. An astonishing 45 percent of families that have chosen cremation still have the remains at home sitting on a shelf or in a closet.

Don Brawley, founder, Eternal Reefs Inc., was instrumental in designing the "Reef Ball" artificial reef system, used world wide to replenish dwindling natural reef barriers.