Coral Reef Cremation

A coral reef cemetery is home to life in the afterlife. Once your body has been cremated and your ashes safely stored the process begins.

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Some companies offer to videotape the process from start to finish.

Coral reef cremation. People love these memorials because. There it will become an integral part of a magnificent perpetual reef preserving and protecting the health of our ocean and hence our planet now and for the future. Reef balls are carefully placed in specific ocean locations to cultivate new coral reefs.

The textured surface attracts coral polyps and the hollow interior provides shelter for marine organisms. This mixture is shaped into forms such as sea stars coral or shells marked with the persons name and placed on the ocean floor or added to the structures of the Lost City. Flameless cremation and traditional cremation are both available.

On May 1 1998 a reef of ten Nautilus twenty Aquarius Eternal Reefs were cast including Peteys reef the first Eternal Reef. In congregate with the cremated remains of your loved one your personalized Pearl is submerged in the beautiful Gulf of Mexico within a designated underwater memorial garden. For a memorial on the reef a cremated persons ashes are mixed with concrete to form 10-pound blocks resembling natural objects and marine life.

To be memorialized in the Neptune Memorial Reef an individuals remains are first cremated and mixed with concrete. One company tackling this issue is Sarasota-based Eternals Reefs. We create and place Memorial Reefs containing cremated remains.

Families are invited to attend and be as involved as theyd like in the casting and viewing of the finished reef ball. The reefs were placed on the ocean floor shortly afterward creating a beautiful natural memorial setting. Working with local and federal regulatory agencies Eternal Reefs is one of a growing number of companies that offer memorial reefs to people who choose to be cremated and want the ocean as a final resting place.

In this July 19 2018 photo a large gray angelfish swims near a stairway at the Neptune Memorial Reef near Miami Beach Fla. It is both a gift to the environment and to future generations. To be exact the Neptune Reef is neither a mausoleum nor an underwater cemetery here the cremated ashes of your dear Aunt Harriett are mixed with an underwater concrete to create features that become part of the reef forming a structure upon which actual corals will grow.

For families and individuals that choose cremation Eternal Reefs offers a unique memorial choice that replaces cremation urns and ash scatterings with a permanent environmental living legacy. There are a few companies that are doing this such as Set Free At Sea and The Neptune Society and their approaches all vary. While artificial reefs were originally designed as a way to protect the fragile coral reefs Brawleys father-in-law told him that he wished to be buried at sea in a reef ball.

Family members can choose shapes like seashells corals starfish stingrays and turtles and can place tokens of the deceased in the memorial blocks. Your memorial reef contains the cremated. The loss of your loved one helps rejuvenate the worlds oceans.

The reefs were soon placed to create a beautiful natural memorial setting. A Cremation Memorial Site. It is an environmental and ecological masterpiece a superb laboratory for marine biologists students researchers and ecologists and an aesthetically exquisite world-class destination for scuba divers snorkelers and visitors from all walks.

Following cremation its important to establish a permanent place of remembrance so that loved ones and future generations will have a beautiful place to visit and reflect. It is also possible to have a memorial reef bespoke construction and this is where the cremated remains are made into a reef artifact and then shipped back to you for placement. Eternal Reefs create permanent living legacies memorializing the passing of a loved one.

How Reef Burials Work. It took nearly four years for multiple government agencies to sign off on this underwater mausoleum which is designed to encourage a healthy ecosystem. Eternal Reefs was born.

One company the US-based Eternals Reefs allows cremation ashes to be incorporated into these concrete reefs giving people a way to become one with the vibrant underwater life that thrives in the coral ecosystem. Carleton got his wish and his reef. Memorialization in the Reef is achieved by carefully blending cremated remains with a natural concrete substance which is then molded and secured within the various artistic.

Memorial Reefs are a final resting place in the ocean for your loved one. They offer a cost effective alternative to simply spreading ashes. The Neptune Memorial Reefis the largest man-made reef ever conceived and provides an extraordinary living resting place for those who choose cremation.

Memorial Reefs International helps support the marine environment all around the world by building underwater memorials for your loved ones. The Memorials on the Neptune Memorial Reef. The process of coral reef cremation begins once you choose a suitable cremation option.

Prices for this start at around 600 but this does not include shipping costs. The reef ball was designed as a strong artificial base to grow man-made reefs. On May 1 1998 a reef of ten Nautilus twenty Aquarius Memorial Reefs were cast.

Carleton got his wish and his reef is now teaming with sea life. They combine cremation ashes into artificial concrete reefs giving people a way to become one with the vibrant underwater life that thrives on coral reefs. The latest option to be added to the list of green burials is a coral reef burial in which your ashes will be incorporated into a coral reef that will grow with the passing years and turn into a thriving ecosystem.

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