Beautiful clear water today southwest of Key West. What a joy to be able to see so far. There had to be eighty feet of vis. Curiously, not many big fish around, just small reef fish like these. The one with the dot is a butterfly fish.
Oh The Things You Find
A Bicycle Which is Becoming an Artificial Reef
This bicycle was way out, not at all near shore, so it must have fallen off a boat. It was only in about 35 feet of water but the boat that dropped it must have traveled too far and lost the spot before they could go in and look for it. There are some baby pillar coral growing, anchored to the spokes of the wheel.
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Sea Turtles in Key West
A Sea Turtle
Sea turtles are everywhere near the reef in Key West – most of them are Green Sea Turtles, not to be confused with similar-looking Loggerhead turtles. The spring we’ve seen lots of baby turtles in the water, as well as curious adult turtles surprising us as we swim and dive on and around the main reef and patch reef areas of Key West. Green Sea turtles can be distinguished from Loggerheads by the two front scales above the eyes. Greens have two, whereas loggerheads have four.
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Tagged green sea turtle, key west snorkeling, Loggerhead turtle
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