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The Wreck Bar

Kitschy nautical-themed bar has offered mermaid shows and underwater ballet since 1956.

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

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This famous historical underwater bar is located inside what was once the historic Yankee Clipper Hotel, which opened in 1956 in a unique building shaped like a ship. After extensive renovations, the hotel reopened in 2017 as the B Ocean Resort.

The Wreck Bar has windows allowing bar patrons to see into the hotel’s pool as if they are looking out the porthole windows of an underwater shipwreck in the style of a Spanish galleon.

They have mermaid shows, as well as aqua burlesque shows paying homage to underwater ballet stars like Esther Williams.

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They offer mermaid brunches, 21-and-up shows after 9:00, and other ways to interact with the mermaids.

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The Wreck Bar
1140 Seabreeze Blvd
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 33316
United States
26.10814, -80.106259
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