Key West & the Lower Keys

© Lonely Planet Publications Key West & the Lower Keys in the ’60s to lend the island a South 40 NEWFOUND HARBOR Pacific look when it was used as the set- ting for the movie PT-109. Location: 0.5 nautical miles (1km) A series of mooring buoys are in place south of Newfound Harbor Keys along the west side of the reef, and day Depth Range: Surface-18ft (5m) marker 50 lies to the south. The top of Access: Boat the reef is very shallow, rising almost Expertise Rating: Novice to the surface in two places. Maximum depth is about 8ft (2.4m) on the land- -169 ward side and 18ft (5m) on the seaward side. Soft corals dominate much of the Closer to shore than most other reefs, reef, but boulder-like accumulations this sanctuary preservation area is a of calcium carbonate from hard corals good alternative when weather pre- form the basic structure. vents diving at nearby Looe Key. Just Fishermen frequented the reef until northwest is low-lying Little Palm Is- the summer of 1997 when the SPA went land, now home to an exclusive resort. into effect, and the resident fish popula- The namesake palm trees were planted tion has been steadily increasing ever Key West & Lower Keys Snipe Keys Mud Keys 24º40’N 81º55’W 81º50’W 81º45’W 81º40’W Waltz Key Basin Lower Harbor Bluefish Channel Keys Bay Keys Northwest Channel Calda Bank Cottrell Key Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge Big Coppitt Key Fleming Key 24º35’N Lower Keys Big Mullet Key Medical Center 1 Stock Island Boca Chica Key Mule Key Key West Naval Air Station Duval St Archer Key Truman Ave Flagler Ave Joe Ingram Key Key West Boca Chica Channel International Airport Lakes Passage Key West Hawk Channel Crawfish Key Man Key West Channel Western Sambo Ecological Reserve 24º30’N Middle Sambo 45 46 Key West National Eastern Sambo Wildlife Refuge 49 47 48 Southwest Channel 54 53 50 51 56 52 Sand Key 55 ary Channel 57 e Sanctu Marin 58 National Straits of Florida Florida Keys 59 Sand Key 81º55’W 81º50’W 81º45’W 81º40’W 92 Key West & Lower Keys 93 Key West & the Lower Keys Key West & the Lower Keys GOOD SNORKELING GOOD NOVICE INTERMEDIATE ADVANCED SNORKELING GOOD NOVICE INTERMEDIATE ADVANCED 40 NEWFOUND HARBOR •• 55 CAYMAN SALVAGE MASTER • 41 LOOE KEY (EAST) •• 56 EASTERN DRY ROCKS •• 42 LOOE KEY (DEEP) • 57 ROCK KEY •• 43 LOOE KEY (WEST) •• 58 SAND KEY REEF •• 44 ADOLPHUS BUSCH SR • 59 WESTERN DRY ROCKS •• 45 SAM’S REEF •• 60 MARQUESAS KEYS •• 46 CANNONBALL CUT •• 47 SECRET REEF • 48 HAYSTACKS •• 49 FINGERS •• 50 ARCH • 51 CABLE • 52 JOE’S TUG • 53 TOPPINO’S BUOY •• 54 NINE FOOT STAKE •• Caesar and French grunts 0 4 km 0 2 miles Cudjoe Key not for navigation 81º35’W 81º30’W 81º25’W 81º20’W Sugarloaf Key Big Pine Key Bahia Honda Key Cudjoe Bay Summerland Key 1 Ramrod Key Coupon Bight 1 National Key Deer Refuge Pye Key Newfound Harbor Keys Saddlebunch Keys Key Lois 40 Hawk Channel Big Pine Shoal ry Looe Keye Sanctua National Marin 41 43 42 44 Marquesas Keys 82º05’W 24º37’N same scale as Amercian Shoal main map e Sanctuary al Marin Nation Florida Keys Pelican Shoal Lighthouse Marquesas Keys Reef Tidal Zone Depth Mooney Harbor 0-6ft 7-12ft 13-18ft 60 Gull Keys To Key 19-30ft West 31ft+ 82º10’W 24º32’N 81º35’W 81º30’W 81º25’W 81º20’W.

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