Dive site · Flower Garden Banks, Texas
West Flower Garden Bank
West Flower Garden Bank, in Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, far out in the Gulf off Texas and Louisiana. A coral reef on a salt dome, about 12 miles west of the East Bank. The sanctuary's 5 mooring buoys here sit in 68 to 80 ft. Reached by liveaboard from Freeport, Texas; deeper than the 60 ft open-water limit. Sanctuary rules apply: no anchoring, look, don't touch, and take nothing.
Open in the viewer from By boat at the West Bank moorings →
Quick facts
| Type | Dive site, reef, moored |
|---|---|
| Depth at the mooring pin | 23.8 m (78 ft) |
| Position | 27.8763°N, 93.8151°W (approximate, ±30 m) |
| From By boat at the West Bank moorings | 2 m (5 ft), bearing 270° W |
| Source | NOAA Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, mooring buoy coordinates |
How to see it
Underwater, so there is nothing to see from the shore. From By boat at the West Bank moorings, 2 m (5 ft) away, CoastFinder draws it below the horizon at its bearing and distance, with its depth at the mooring pin.
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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.