Posts Tagged “Key West Snorkeling Spots”

Rock Key

By | February 20, 2010

Rock Key is a Key West snorkeling spot on the main reef, and popular with the boats that go out every day.  The rocks jut right out of the water at this location, and on windier days they break the waves and make snorkeling more pleasant.  Rock Key is right next to Sand Key, which [...]

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Back Country Coral in Key West

By | July 12, 2009

This is a Butterfly Fish.  You see them all over the reef and other snorkeling spots around Key West.  Today we had a short run to clear vis in the back country. This area north of Key West revealed some beautiful coral heads. The Back Country is the Gulf side of Key West, usually very [...]

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Snorkeling the Gulf and Towers

By | June 20, 2009

I’d always thought the Gulf side of Key West didn’t have much to offer in terms of snorkeling, but yesterday we drove way northwest from Key West and the coral and fish were plentiful.  At the New Grounds, the coral seemed really healthy, more so than the coral in front of Key West.  We drove [...]

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