It Takes Only One Good Fish
[…] tugging on wetsuits along the hardpan shoreline of the seldom-explored shallows of Florida Bay in Key Largo, Florida. We hatched the hunt for the dwarf seahorse two years earlier around the […]
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DAN Member Profile: Jon Landau
Jon Landau is an avid scuba diver and DAN member. He’s traveled the world for dive destinations, but his favorite will always be the Florida Keys. Read more about Landau.
African Dust
[…] in the area. That all changed in the late 1970s. Pillar coral on Molasses Reef, Key Largo, Florida, in August 2016 (left) and April 2017 (right) My simple calculation regarding the […]
Rising From the Rubble
Coral transplants in the Florida Keys are repopultating damaged reefs. Read more about the success of coral transplants.
The Silver Anniversary of the USCGC Duane
[…] quarter-century has passed since the U.S. Coast Guard cutters Bibb and Duane were sunk off the south end of Key Largo, Fla. But a dive on these wrecks today reveals a vibrant cloak of orange […]
A Snail’s Tale
[…] ANIMAL that lives in clear, shallow waters doesn’t have a high chance of survival these days. Conchs, specifically queen conchs, used to be widespread throughout the Florida Keys and the Caribbean.
The Lives of Spiny Lobsters
[…] entrance. When she does, he will be ready. Lobsters gather on a shallow shipwreck off Key Largo. © Stephen Frink She grasps the ledge with her legs, climbing over to see […]
Jardines de la Reina
[…] to go back in time, my recommendation is to go to Cuba. I started diving Key Largo in 1978, but on most of the reefs we dived in the Gardens of […]
Setting an HIRA Standard
This winter DAN® risk-mitigation team members took up residence in Key Largo, Florida. Led by Francois Burman, the team was tasked with testing the DAN Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (HIRA) […]
The Evolution of a Shipwreck
[…] on the seafloor of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary about 6 miles east of Key Largo, becoming (at the time) the world’s largest intentionally sunk artificial reef. Sitting in 130 […]
