Reef · Upper Keys, Florida

Conch Reef

Conch Reef is a coral reef in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Protected as the Conch Reef Sanctuary Preservation Area of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (119 acres): no fishing or taking marine life, no touching or standing on coral, and no anchoring where a mooring buoy is free. NOAA keeps 3 mooring buoys here, in 15 to 18 ft of water. Least depth 3 m (MLLW), the shallowest charted sounding in the zone. NOAA ENC US4FL1GX charts it 1179 m away, outside the zone and the buoys.

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Quick facts

TypeReef
Charted depth3 m (10 ft) below MLLW
Position24.9523°N, 80.4583°W
SourceNOAA Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary; NOAA ENC US4FL1GX

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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.