HMS LOOE
Verenigde Staten, Florida
The Looe Key Reef is one of the most important snorkel and dive sites in Florida. Here you'll find the scarce remains of the HMS Looe. The ship ran aground in 1744. The captain ordered to set the ship to fire to keep it out of the hands of the enemy, after which it exploded. The reef is beautiful and full of colorful fish and corals. The Looe Key Reef attracts divers from all over the world.
Particulars
Enter the water from the boat and try to discover some remains of the HMS Looe. But even if you don't, you'll still make one of the most beautiful dives in Florida. The reef is beautiful and full of tropical reef fish.
Warnings
HMS Loee is an SPA area. Removing objects from this area is strictly forbidden. The SPA (Sanctuary Preservation Area) is part of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.
HMS LOOE Features
- Nicknames
- Looe Key Reef & HMS Looe, HMS Looe Wreck
- Address
- Florida Keys Middle Keys, USA
- Parking
- At charter
- Distance
- 30 min.
- Suitable for
- All levels, snorkelers
- Permit
- N.v.t. / NA
- Access
- Free access
- Facilities
- Boat dive facilities
- Water
- Salt
- Kind of dive
- Boat dive, reef dive , snorkeling
- Current
- Limited
- Visibility
- 10 - 30 m.
- Average visibility
- 25 m.
- Depth
- 30 m.
- Bottom
- zand
- Life
- Barracuda, grouper, reef shark
- Other recreation
- Boating, yachting, fishing
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