Living and working spaces are inside the triangular platform, and the remains of the three large domes which housed radar equipment rise from the platform surface. Divers investigating the site immediately after the Tower's collapse found that the structure seems to have been wrenched off of two of its supports, floating some 200 yards before settling to the bottom on one edge of the platform, with the third corner held up by the one leg which remained attached. In the time since the collapse, the radomes have deteriorated, but pieces of the canvas which once covered them still remain draped over the wreckage. A crane gantry lies across the main deck. The radio masts, one of which went down in the initial collapse, are now booth gone.
Marine life is abundant, including cod, pollack, lobster, ling, sea bass, and flounder.
Water is usually clear, but strong currents are sometimes a problem, especially near the surface. As the Texas Tower attracts fishermen as well as divers, there is always the danger of monofilament and fishing nets which have snagged and been left on the wreck. This was the United States first line of missile defense using these early warning radar pickets. The rest of the wreckage extends down to the sandy bottom at approximately 190 feet. Learn all about the wrecks you'll visit.