The Cable
★★★★☆
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The Cable is one of Key West’s most exciting outer reef dive sites. In the 1850’s it was the telegraph cable that started near the Southernmost Point buoy and stretched all the way to Havana Cuba. In the mid 1980’s it was disassembled by ATT.
The Cable hosts a vast variety of Caribbean tropical fish. There are very large beautiful sponges of all types some reaching enormous sizes. Nurse sharks, Caribbean reef sharks...
Dive Activity & Environmental Conditions
Top Wildlife Sightings
Most frequently spotted marine life based on dive logs
#1
Moray Eel
4
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M
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J
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D
#2
Barracuda
2
Total Sightings
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A
M
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D
#3
Lionfish
2
Total Sightings
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M
A
M
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O
N
D
#4
Parrotfish
2
Total Sightings
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M
A
M
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J
A
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O
N
D
#5
Whitetip Reef Shark
1
Total Sightings
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F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
#6
Nurse Shark
1
Total Sightings
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F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
#7
Stingrays
1
Total Sightings
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F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
#8
Loggerhead Turtle
1
Total Sightings
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F
M
A
M
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J
A
S
O
N
D
#9
Ocean Sunfish
1
Total Sightings
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
#10
Grouper/Basslets
1
Total Sightings
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
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N
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