Alligator Reef is one of the largest reef systems in the Upper Keys. In the 1960s, a study of Alligator Reef found and identified more than 500 species of marine life. The reef arose around a wrecked ship; the USS Alligator built in 1820, which went down in 1825 while on a Navy mission. This […]

If you are looking for schools of fish, Davis Ledge is the place to dive. This reef, located 3 miles east-southeast of Hen and Chickens, Tower attracts large schools of tiny fish reaching numbers in to the thousands. These fish move in unison and are a sight to see.
Davis Reef lies within a Sanctuary Preservation […]

Regular lobster season begins August 6th at 12:01 a.m. and ends March 31 at midnight. The two-day Sport Lobster Season is always the last consecutive Wednesday and Thursday in July, beginning at 12:01 A.M. on Wednesday and ending at 12:00 midnight on Thursday. The bag limit is 6 per person per day.
Anyone planning to hunt lobster […]

Tech divers find plenty of thrills off our islands.
The Islamorada Hump, about 12 miles from the Islamorada shoreline, is renowned as one of the top offshore fishing spots in the Upper Keys. Lots of blackfin tuna can be found near the surface smashing into schools of baitfish. Three to four hundred feet below the surface, […]

Everybody wants to dive the Spiegel Grove…and with good reason. She’s a five-star wreck dive — intact, upright, and much too big to see in just one dive.
Instructors spend a lot of time on the Spiegel. Usually we’re guiding divers who don’t have much experience doing deep wreck dives. Occasionally we are with students who […]