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YELLOW ROCKS to 25' Beg. SOMBRERO REEF to 35' Beg. - Int.
Limestone ledges are covered with sea Marked by the 142-foot Sombrero Key
fans and soft corals. Groupers and nurse Light, built in 1858. This classic spur-
sharks are common. and-groove reef system provides sand
SAMATHA'S REEF to 35' Beg. Nurse channel alleys and finger reefs just loaded
sharks and southern stingrays are used to with fish and giant brain coral, which
being fed here, so keep your fingers and make for cleaning stations for barracuda,
hands out of the way. Brain coral, starlet turtles and other customers who come to
coral, grunts, surgeonfish, yellowtail be picked clean by tiny cleaner wrasse.
snapper, and Bermuda chub are abundant. This site is terrific for snorkeling.
A wonderful place to snorkel. Caution: Caution: Currents
Surgy
DELTA SHOAL to 25' Beg. Tomtates,
HERMAN'S HOLE to 30' Beg. The French grunts, rock beauties, queen
center of Herman's Hole is a large, sandy angelfish, brown tube sponges, and
hole. Big sea fans, smooth brain coral, orange elephant ear sponges are at home
gorgonians, sponges, squirrelfish, grunts, here. A good site for snorkeling. Caution:
and porkfish are found here. An excellent Surgy
snorkeling site. Caution: Surgy
G MARKER to 40' Beg. This reef is
EAST WASHERWOMAN SHOAL to named for a 36-foot tower. The reef is
18' Beg. Marked by a 36-foot tower. A known for big fish and patch coral.
fine location for snorkeling. Caution:
Visibility is often poor. NEWFOUND HARBOR to 15' Beg.
Reef rises to the surface in two areas.
FLAGLER'S BARGE to 20' Beg. This snapper and grunts are common. A fine
easily accessible wreck is a 100-foot-long snorkeling location. Caution: Surgy,
barge that was sunk in the early 20th poor visibility.
century. The ship is coated with soft
corals, sponges, sea fans, etc, and is a LOOE KEY (EAST END) to 35' Int. The
protective home to an astounding quantity name comes from the British Man-O-
of fish including vast schools of grunts, War, HMS Looe, which ran into the reef
snapper, schoolmasters, and yellowtail here and sank in 1744. The reef is made
goatfish. Schools of highhats hang out on up of parallel limestone ridges that come
the barge perimeter, moray eels hide in within 10 feet of the surface. Looe Key
crevices, and a nurse shark sleeps under dive is absolutely brilliant over an 800
the bow. A nice snorkeling site, but scuba yard stretch. Here you will find a variety
is much more fun here. Caution: Surgy. of soft and hard corals, sea plumes, sea
fans, sea rods, and sea whips. A good
snorkeling site. Caution: Surgy.
