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Gulf Snorkeling Video

admin — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 14:46:55 +0000

footage taken last week , right off Key West

Underwater Key West

admin — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:33:35 +0000

Some photos from the local diving and snorkeling spots.

Stargazer Reef

admin — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:16:08 +0000

There is an articficial reef in between rock key and sand key, in 20 feet of water. Its kind of striking because it is surrounded by white sand. I couldn’t find much information on it online. One site says its a puzzle another says its something to do with a mounument to mariners.

Its pretty cool spot. The reef doesn’t apppear to be designed with creating fish habitat in mind, but a bunch of fish have moved in any way. There are numerous mangrove snapper living on the reef now and one large but kind of shy jewfish.

Snorkeling the 9 foot stake

admin — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 15:38:01 +0000

Directly south of Key West on the edge of the reef is bunch of rocks known as the 9 foot stake. There is actually a 9 foot pole there. The area is full of life but since its not a sanctuary people fish it pretty regulary. The larger bottom fish tend to be much more spooky here then in a sanctuary, but the little fish and free swimming pelagics are pretty much the same.

The area is home to large schools of grunts and small snapper, along with other reef tropicals.

This time of year it is also home to huge school of ballyhoo and usually schools of ciro mackerel that feed on them.

It is a popular scuba diving spot, and it rare to see someone snorkeling there, but since most of the depth of the rocks and intersting stuff is less 30 feet it is good for snorkeling.

Inshore Snorkeling Video – Key West Snorkeling Video

admin — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:12:58 +0000

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A little video clip of the sea life you can see snorkeling the inshore waters of Key West. All video was taken in water less then 12 feet deep and within a half mile of shore.