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Sand Key Lighthouse
Key West, Florida, United States
Max depth27.4 m
LevelEstimated: Intermediate and up
Water bodyGulf of Mexico
Water temp23–30°C
Estimated from climate dataApr–Jul
About this site
Sand Key Lighthouse is a reef dive site near Key West, Florida, United States, in the Gulf of Mexico. It has a maximum depth of about 27 m. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes groupers, jacks, barracuda, sea fans, lionfish. 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
BlueheadThalassoma bifasciatum
Bicolor DamselfishStegastes partitus
Yellowtail SnapperOcyurus chrysurus
Striped ParrotfishScarus iseri
Redband ParrotfishSparisoma aurofrenatum
Yellowhead WrasseHalichoeres garnoti
Slippery DickHalichoeres bivittatus
Ocean SurgeonAcanthurus bahianus
Nearby sites
- 1Rock Key2.0 km
- 2Eastern Dry Rocks3.7 km
- 3Cayman Salvager11 km
- 4Wisteria14 km
- 5USNS General Hoyt S. Vandenberg15 km
- 6USS Amesbury (bow)16 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org