Archive For The “Fish” Category

Porkfish & Grunts

By | July 31, 2011

This was a great day snorkeling in Key West inshore waters…last November!  Wonderful clear water almost every single day it seems, which is what we are missing this month. Bad vis this July, so I’m pulling photos from my archives.  These are some porkfish (with black stripes) and grunts (yellow with black on tails).  I [...]

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Geiger Key Snorkeling

By | February 20, 2011

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Went out snorkeling in front of Geiger Key yesterday, and it was beautiful.  The vis was only about 15 feet, but with the water only 11 feet deep, you could still see lots of life.  Geiger Key has an abundance of coral formations, lots of little life in general like Christmas Tree Worms, Sea Cucumbers, [...]

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Red Grouper

By | October 22, 2010

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Red Grouper also exist all over the reef in Key West.  They are not as smart as Black Grouper, so they will sometimes just stare at you, the potential predator.  This one gave me a good long look before I finally ran out of air and had to surface.

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