Underwater Photo Location: Reefs, Key Largo

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Snapper Ledge: aptly named reef with more
snappers, grunts, and Goatfish than I've ever seen in one place. Visibility
was much better than other dive sites, with lots less sand and particulates in
the water. There are lots of other species here too. I spent some of the dive
watching a bunch of neon Gobies on a large brain coral cleaning a Parrotfish.

French Reef is a shallow, relatively high-relief reef with some swim-throughs
under the coral. There were several medium size barracuda on this reef that
were not shy at all. I found a black grouper being cleaned, and a southern
stingray was disturbed by the divers and sailed over the reef. I attempted a
picture of a pale blue parrotfish but the color captured by the camera just
doesn't do justice to the beautiful, soft blue that I saw on the reef.

Racetrack: An unmoored dive spot consisting of a very pretty, shallow
reef surrounded by a sandy "racetrack." There are lots of soft and
hard coral with lot of varied species of fish. We found three little
nudibranchs Tritonia hamnerorum on a sea fan! I looked at about a
zillion other sea fans and didn't find any more.

Freighter Reef: a shallow, low reef...how many reefs are named after
the wrecks of ships? There were fewer fish on this site, but lots of stuff to
look at. I spotted a Parrotfish lying on the bottom and went over to
investigate. The fish swam off as I approached and I saw why it was there;
underneath were at least three cleaning shrimp in a corkscrew anemone. The
Parrotfish was getting as close to the bottom as it could to get cleaned of
parasites and detritus. Under the corkscrew anemone I spotted the red and
white striped antennae of a pistol shrimp, but he wouldn't come out to get his
picture taken.

Molasses Reef, "winch hole": This probably the most
heavily dived reef off of Key Largo. There were a dozen boats scattered over
the many moorings on this large site. I dropped in and stayed under the boat
for most of the dive until, alas, my hour was up and it was time to return
to the boat, climb the ladder and put away my gear, not a bad dive to finish
up the trip.

Facts about Reefs, Key Largo

It is in United States
Reefs, Key Largo is in the Caribbean Sea.
The typical depth is 0-30 Metres 0-100 Feet.
The typical visibility is 0-3 Metres 0-10 Feet.

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by Ozge Akman
OPA_ Caribbean Reef Sharks, Bahamas

by Caity Seemann
This is a close up shot of a type of fan coral, taken about 15 miles off the shore of the Forida Keys. There is nothing edited about the shot, only natural light in about 17 feet of water.

by Aidan Waterbury
Moon Jelly off of the Key Largo Dry Rocks.

by Theresa Tracy
Red-tipped Sea Goddess (Glossodoris sedna) found on Pickles Reef in Key Largo, Florida spring of 2008. There was 12 of these little guys on one reef.

by Rickey Ferand
Harlequin Bass, John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, Key Largo, FL

by Rickey Ferand
Colorful Reef Scene John Pennekamp Coral State Park, Key Largo, FL

by Rickey Ferand
Queen Angel, John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, Key Largo, FL

Underwater Photo Location: Reefs, Key Largo

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