Reef · Key West, Florida
Sand Key Reef
Sand Key Reef is a coral reef in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Protected as the Sand Key Sanctuary Preservation Area of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (286 acres): no fishing or taking marine life, no touching or standing on coral, and no anchoring where a mooring buoy is free. NOAA keeps 27 mooring buoys here, in 15 to 28 ft of water. Least depth 0.3 m (MLLW), the shallowest charted sounding in the zone.
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Quick facts
| Type | Reef |
|---|---|
| Charted depth | 0.3 m (1 ft) below MLLW |
| Position | 24.4551°N, 81.8771°W (approximate, ±607 m) |
| From Key West Lighthouse | 13 km (8.2 mi), bearing 216° SW |
| Source | NOAA Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, Sanctuary Preservation Areas |
How to see it
Underwater, so there is nothing to see from the shore. From Key West Lighthouse, 13 km (8.2 mi) away, CoastFinder draws it below the horizon at its bearing and distance, with its charted depth.
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Nearby
- Sand Key LighthouseLighthouse · more than 30.5 m · 80 m
- Rock KeyReef · 2.1 m · 2.0 km
- Eastern Dry RocksReef · 0.6 m · 3.8 km
- Western Dry RocksShoal · 3 m · 5.2 km
- Parsonage ShoalShoal · 5.4 m · 5.5 km
- Satan ShoalShoal · 13.7 m · 9.8 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.