sand key lighthouse dive site

Overview

Description

First light house at this site is dated back to 1827. Hurricanes toppled over light house after light house. First screw pile foundation was started in 1852, finished in 1853. The very first hydraulic lamp. The lighthouse was automated in 1938. Iron screw piling. Typical spur and grooves of a sandy bottom. Some parts of the lighthouse reach depths of 100ft. An abundance of sea life for photography. It lies within the Florida Keys Marine Sanctuary.

Location 24.45389, -81.87750Get Directions

Useful training for this sitePADI Open Water Diver, PADI Discover Scuba Diving, PADI Advanced Open Water Diver, PADI Enriched Air Diver, PADI Scuba Refresher, PADI Rescue Diver, PADI Boat Diver, PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy, PADI Night Diver

Dive Types

Reef, Ocean

Suggested Equipment

Booties, Camera, Dive Flag, Dive skin, Gloves, Rash guard, Shorty, Surface Marker Buoy, Torch, Wetsuit

Entry

Boat

Common SightingsLionfish, Grouper, Nurse sharks, Hawksbill turtle, Moray eel, Coral, Brain coral, Reef fish ( Scorpionfish, boxfish,puffer fish, surgeonfish, angelfish, bannerfish, triggerfish, parrotfish, trumpetfish, pipefish, clown fish, sweetlips, snaper, grouper, lionfish etc), conchs, Tge biggest brain corals, Elkhorns, etc,etc,etc, Stingrays, Staghorn Coral

Water Type

Salt

Maximum Depth 27 feet / 8 meters

Entry

BoatShore/Beach

Common SightingsSharks, Whales, Dolphins, Turtles

Water Type

Salt

Maximum Depth 27 feet / 8 meters

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