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Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Key Largo GPS Coordinates The USCG Duane is a 329-foot cutter that was decommissioned on August 1st, 1985, as the oldest active U.S. military vessel. The ship was intentionally sunk on November 27, 1987, to create an artificial reef. This ship was sunk deep down to ensure that…

Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Key Largo GPS Coordinates The USS Bibb wreck is a former Coast Guard ship built in 1937. The Bibb served in patrols and as a convoy escort during World War II. She took part in the invasion of Okinawa and was in service in Vietnam. The 327-foot vessel…

Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Key Largo GPS Coordinates Turtle Reef, also know as Turtle Rocks, is a good-sized patch reef on the very northern edge of the Key Largo National Marine Sanctuary. Most reef species are represented here, including Eagle Rays, plenty of Nurse Sharks, and an occasional moray. This site is…

Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Key Largo GPS Coordinates At the north end of Turtle Reef, this wreck lies in 10 – 15 feet of water, making it a great site for snorkeling. This unidentified wreck may be the remains of an old schooner. Not much is known about the wreck. Her anchor,…

Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Key Largo GPS Coordinates The largest vessel ever intentionally sunk is the USS Spiegel Grove, a 510-foot landing ship dock. To give a better visual understanding of the immensity of this ship, she is roughly equivalent in length to two football fields. The Spiegel Grove was named after…

Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Key Largo GPS Coordinates Snapper Ledge is a shallow reef in 25 feet of water off of Key Largo. Because of the countless Yellowtail Snapper (hence the name) found at the site, this ledge is a local favorite and a highly recommended dive spot. Often, the schools of…

Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Key Largo GPS Coordinates Pickles is a large, shallow reef area where divers and snorkelers can view well-formed corals. The name comes from cement-filled pickle barrels sunk here during the Civil War. These barrels are now covered with the largest pillar corals in the Keys. Numerous ledges and…

Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Key Largo GPS Coordinates Minnow Cave is one of the best-known coral caves in the Florida Keys, and is home to many of the namesake species. The cave is part of the Northern Dry Rocks, which is a shallow reef with depths up to fifteen feet. The reef…

Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Key Largo GPS Coordinates This is arguably the most beautiful collection of reefs in all of Florida! Rather than a single site, Molasses is an extensive reef complex with diving depths from about 10 feet to more than 70. At depths ranging from 10-40 feet, Molasses Reef features…

Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Key Largo GPS Coordinates One of the ships that sank on Elbow Reef is an unknown steel-hulled ship that is called Mike’s Wreck. There are two larger sections of the bow and stern which appear grown into the reef. Other smaller pieces are scattered around a large area.…