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Chickasaw
Lower Grand Lagoon, Florida Panhandle, United States
EntryBoat
Max depth21.5 m
LevelIntermediate and up
Water bodyGulf of Mexico
Water temp17–30°C
Estimated from climate dataMay–Aug
About this site
Chickasaw is a wreck dive site near Lower Grand Lagoon, Florida, United States, in the Gulf of Mexico. It is reached from a boat with a maximum depth of about 22 m. Best for divers with some experience. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes sea turtles, dolphins, jacks, lionfish, nudibranchs. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 17 to 30 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberGood
Generally good diving.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
Loggerhead TurtleCaretta caretta
Common Bottlenose DolphinTursiops truncatus
Speckled CrabArenaeus cribrarius
Kemp's RidleyLepidochelys kempii
Longclaw Hermit CrabPagurus longicarpus
Mole CrabEmerita talpoida
West Indian Fighting ConchStrombus pugilis
CigarfishDecapterus punctatus
Nearby sites
- 1Jeff-A Hovercraft3.3 km
- 2Hathaway Bridge Span #143.6 km
- 3Stage 24.3 km
- 4DAN Safety Barge4.7 km
- 5Black Bart4.9 km
- 6Hathaway Bridge Spans #1, 2 and 126.4 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Dive Vibe Community (ODbL) · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org
