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The Caves
Sunrise, Florida, United States
Max depth9.1 m
LevelEstimated: Intermediate and up
Water bodyFlorida Strait
Water temp23–30°C
Estimated from climate dataApr–Jul
About this site
The Caves is a cave, drift and reef dive site near Sunrise, Florida, United States, in the Florida Strait. It has a maximum depth of about 9 m. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes sea fans, nudibranchs, lobsters, jacks, nurse sharks. 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
Mole CrabEmerita talpoida
French GruntHaemulon flavolineatum
BlueheadThalassoma bifasciatum
Caribbean Spiny LobsterPanulirus argus
Yellow StingrayUrobatis jamaicensis
Redband ParrotfishSparisoma aurofrenatum
PorkfishAnisotremus virginicus
Nurse SharkGinglymostoma cirratum
Nearby sites
- 1Southern Broward County Reefs1.5 km
- 2Hog Heaven1.7 km
- 3Tenneco Towers3.0 km
- 4Robert Edmister3.2 km
- 5Mercedes I3.8 km
- 6Jay Scutti3.8 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org