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John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park
Key Largo, Florida, United States
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Water bodyGulf of Mexico
Water temp23–30°C
Estimated from climate dataApr–Jul
About this site
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park is a reef dive site near Key Largo, Florida, United States, in the Gulf of Mexico. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes jacks, nurse sharks, barracuda, groupers, lobsters. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 23 to 30 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberBest
Typically one of the best months here.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
White GruntHaemulon plumierii
Striped ParrotfishScarus iseri
Gray SnapperLutjanus griseus
Bluestriped GruntHaemulon sciurus
Yellowtail SnapperOcyurus chrysurus
Redband ParrotfishSparisoma aurofrenatum
Sergeant MajorAbudefduf saxatilis
Slippery DickHalichoeres bivittatus
Nearby sites
- 1Jules' Undersea Lab1.6 km
- 2Grecian Rocks10 km
- 3Benwood10 km
- 4Christ of the Abyss (Key Largo Dry Rocks)11 km
- 5French Reef11 km
- 6Molasses Reef12 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA, facts) · Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA, facts) · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org