Reef · Key West, Florida
Eastern Dry Rocks
Charted reef area about 1.4 km across, least depth 0.6 m (MLLW). Depth taken from the nearest charted sounding. Charted on NOAA ENC US3FL1BE, surveyed 2003. Protected as the Eastern Dry Rocks Sanctuary Preservation Area of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (91 acres): no fishing or taking marine life, no touching or standing on coral, and no anchoring where a mooring buoy is free. NOAA keeps 11 mooring buoys here, in 6 to 20 ft of water.
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Quick facts
| Type | Reef |
|---|---|
| Charted depth | 0.6 m (2 ft) below MLLW |
| Position | 24.4639°N, 81.8408°W |
| From Key West Lighthouse | 10 km (6.5 mi), bearing 203° SSW |
| Source | NOAA ENC US3FL1BE |
How to see it
Underwater, so there is nothing to see from the shore. From Key West Lighthouse, 10 km (6.5 mi) away, CoastFinder draws it below the horizon at its bearing and distance, with its charted depth.
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Nearby
- Rock KeyReef · 2.1 m · 1.9 km
- Sand Key LighthouseLighthouse · more than 30.5 m · 3.8 km
- Sand Key ReefReef · 0.3 m · 3.8 km
- LolaShipwreck · 56.1 m · 7.2 km
- Lt. Col. Ellery W. NilesShipwreck · 28 m · 7.6 km
- USS CurbShipwreck · 56.4 m · 7.9 km
Not for navigation. Positions and depths come from public charts and records, with their sources named above; they are for looking, not for piloting a boat.