Our Process

Pet Reefs - An Ecological Alternative to Traditional Burial

Create a living legacy for your precious companion animal by ordering one of these sustainable Pet Reefs today.

Support coral reefs, restore ocean ecosystems, and give your pet a resting place that truly honors their spirit.
reef ball with heavy to moderate coral growth
The textured surface attracts coral polyps, and the hollow interior provides shelter for marine organisms.

Pack Reef

$299 per pet

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We will add your pet’s cremated remains with 9 others and engrave each pet’s name on one bronze plaque attached to the memorial.

Includes a Keepsake Certificate in a custom certificate holder, with a photo & GPS coordinates of your pet’s Pack Reef memorial.

Your choice of Ocean City, NJ, or Sarasota, FL pet reef locations.

Individual Pet Reef

$1,499 per memorial, one or multiple pets

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The cremated remains of your pet will be placed in an Individual Pet Reef affixed with a custom bronze plaque. This memorial can also serve as a single final resting place for the cremated remains of multiple companion animals from the same family, depending on weight.

Includes a Keepsake Certificate in a custom certificate holder, with a photo and GPS coordinates of your pet's Individual Memorial.

Your choice of Ocean City, NJ, or Sarasota, FL pet reef locations.

Private Memorial Gathering

$15,000 for a multi-day attended dedication 

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Participate in a multi-day Private Memorial Gathering featuring the dedication of a Pet Reef and Celebration of Life events.
Gather with family and friends to inter your pets' cremated remains within a Pet Reef.  
Includes:
• A Pet Reef monument with one or more of your pets' cremated remains
• Multi-day event
• Unlimited attendees at urn placement ceremony
• Custom engraved memorial plaque
• Chartered boat with 10 passengers to witness dedication at sea (option to add additional passengers with advance notice)
• Refreshments at jewel and boat ceremonies
• 2 Certificates of dedication with GPS coordinates and nautical map

Call us for locations- many more are available!

Why Choose a Pet Reef?

Memorial Reefs International's specially designed reefs turn cremated remains into living, thriving coral environments. We are proud to now offer this service for your pets, too!

Pet Reefs help coral communities, fish, and other marine life to adapt and survive. When you create a Pet Reef, you’re helping one of the most important and endangered environments on Earth in a tangible way.

These Pet Reefs also contribute to ecological awareness, as children and other family members will love these unique memorials. The treasured memories of your pet will live on when you make them part of a beautiful reef.

How Pet Reefs are Created - Step by Step

1. Cremation

Arrange an individual or private cremation for your pet through your veterinarian or local Gateway provider. Remains from previously cremated pets are also welcome. You can choose to include all or some of your pet’s cremated remains to be put into the memorial. Alternatively, we can build and dedicate Pet Reefs to honor pets without containing their cremated remains.

2. Selecting the Memorial

Select and order your Pet Reef above. We will send you a shipping kit. Send as much or as little of your pet’s cremated remains as you wish to Memorial Reefs International.  See our shipping instructions for more information on how to ship cremated remains.

3. Building the Memorial

When we receive your order, we will begin creating the bronze plaque. For individual reefs and private gatherings, we will send you a plaque order form so you can customize your plaque. Upon receiving your pet’s cremated remains, we'll build them a Pet Reef using specialized concrete rated to last over 500 years.

4. Dedication

Your Pet Reef then travels by boat upon the next scheduled dedication, which happens 3-4 times per year, to the site where it will become a home for abundant marine life. For private gatherings, many more dates are available. Once we have placed your Pet Reef in our undersea garden, we will send you the specified documents and photos confirming the placement of your pet’s memorial and any keepsake items you may have ordered.

5. Your Beloved Pet Becomes an Underwater Living Reef

The textured surface of the memorial attracts coral polyps, and the hollow interior provides shelter for fish, octopus, lobster, mussels, and anemones for generations to come! You're free to visit in the future any time you like - we provide GPS coordinates so you can take a boat to the site and visit your pet's final resting place.


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Create a lasting final resting place for your beloved pet in a living memorial reef.
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