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Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Marathon GPS Coordinates This site is located 4 miles southeast of Key Colony Beach near Herman’s Fish Hole. This reef contains a ledge which begins at 15 feet and drops to 25 feet reaching towards the sandy bottom. This is a great location for nurse shark sightings, especially…

Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Marathon GPS Coordinates Ivory Wreck is named after the elephant tusks that were recovered aboard. This schooner went down in 1853 on the Delta Shoals. Among other artifacts found onboard this slaver were leg irons and brass bowls as well as cannon balls. Although not much remains of…

Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Marathon GPS Coordinates It is believed that the British Man O’ War, the HMS Looe, ran aground in 1744 and sank on what is now Looe Key Reef. Some accounts report that she had a French ship under tow when she hit the reef and sank. The HMS Looe…

Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Marathon GPS Coordinates Herman’s Hole is a circular coral and limestone ridge that drops 20 feet to the sand in the center, and 30 feet to the sand around the outside. The hole is surrounded by a patch reef where grunts can be seen. There is a five-foot…

Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Marathon GPS Coordinates The reef ranges in depth from 15 to 65 feet with several drop-offs and slopes. The reef itself starts in 15 feet of water, makes a quick drop to 25 feet, then gradually slopes to 65 feet. Live coral can be seen at this site…

Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Marathon GPS Coordinates Six miles southwest of Key Colony Beach lays East Washerwoman Shoal. This site ranges in depth from 10 to 20 feet and is marked by a 36-foot tower. Snorkeling can be done in the shallow areas. Rose, brain, star and staghorn coral can all be…

Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Marathon GPS Coordinates This area, also called the Boiler Patch, is home to the remnants of an 1889 steam-powered freighter. All that remains today are four large smoke stacks and two boilers. Although this steamer is unidentified and little is known about her, divers will be able to…

Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Marathon GPS Coordinates The Delta Shoals are home to several wrecks, a vast network of coral canyons, and elkhorn, brain, and star coral heads. Here you’ll find the remnants of the Ivory Wreck, so named for the up to six-foot long elephant tusks found aboard by divers. This…

Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Marathon GPS Coordinates Although there is no evidence of the ship or its loot, this location was named for a ship that sank carrying a cargo of coffins. This area is a series of reefs which are unmarked and therefore not heavily used. Depths range from 10 to…

Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Marathon GPS Coordinates Marked by a series of mooring buoys, the remains of this 210-foot freighter lay 6 miles southwest of Big Pine Key. The vessel was originally named Ocean Alley but was later renamed Adolphus Busch after the senior member of the Busch brewing family. This ship…