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Snorkeler above shallow coral reef with sergeant major fish at John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park
Outdoor Sports

John Pennekamp Coral Reef SP — Florida's Original Snorkel Trip

The first underwater preserve in the United States, established 1963, 70 square miles of reef and mangrove off Key Largo. A 2.5-hour boat ride to the outer reef, a 9-foot bronze Christ statue at 25 feet down, and the reef most people in this country snorkel first.
Snorkeler floating above a healthy Florida coral reef with brain coral and tropical fish in clear turquoise water
Outdoor Sports

Looe Key — The Best Coral Reef Snorkel in the Continental United States

Five miles south of Big Pine Key, in 20 to 35 feet of water, sits the best coral reef snorkel site in the lower 48. Brain coral the size of small cars. A 287-foot freighter sunk as an artificial reef in 1985. And every July, an underwater music festival — yes, really — broadcast through speakers at 25 feet down.