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Sand Key Lighthouse
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Sand Key is a Sanctuary Preservation area that was originally its own island. Due to erosion and hurricanes, it’s been reduced to a very small patch of sand surrounded by a coral reef. The sand is an especially nice feature you don’t usually have at other Florida coral reefs. Great dive and snorkel spot.
You’ll see typical Caribbean life like nurse and reef sharks, possible eagle rays, turtles, stingrays, and lots of fish: snapper, angelfish, grunts, parrot fish, and grouper.
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Top Wildlife Sightings
Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content
iStock-Global_Pics
60 Sightings
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Alamy-WaterFrame
Moray Eel
37 Sightings
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iStock/ultramarinfoto
Wrasse
19 Sightings
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Shutterstock-Shane Myers Photography
Green Turtle
11 Sightings
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iStock-ShaneGross
Loggerhead Turtle
9 Sightings
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iStock/Juliosanjuan
Eagle Ray
5 Sightings
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Tobias Friedrich
Bottlenose Dolphin
4 Sightings
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iStock-burnsboxco
Parrotfish
77 Sightings
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Shutterstock-Rich Carey
Angelfish
64 Sightings
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Shutterstock-Henry_and_Laura_Whittaker
Grouper/Basslets
56 Sightings
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