Sand Island
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About this site
Sand Island is a beginner reef dive on the upper Florida Keys reef tract, listed among the Key Largo dive sites. It lies in 20-50 feet (6 to 15 metres) of water, over patch reef and sand channels with gentle dive profiles.
Conditions are easy and suit relaxed exploration, and marine life is reliable. Southern stingrays, snappers, grunts and filefish are the animals most often seen.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
BatfishBatfishReported here · unconfirmed
Manta rayManta rayReported here · unconfirmed
Caribbean Bluehead WrasseThalassoma bifasciatumReported here · unconfirmed
Bicolor DamselfishStegastes partitusReported here · unconfirmed
Redband ParrotfishSparisoma aurofrenatumReported here · unconfirmed
Striped ParrotfishScarus iseriReported here · unconfirmed
Brazilian Ocean SurgeonfishAcanthurus bahianusReported here · unconfirmed
Yellowhead WrasseHalichoeres garnotiReported here · unconfirmed
Clown WrasseHalichoeres maculipinnaReported here · unconfirmed
Yellowtail SnapperOcyurus chrysurusReported here · unconfirmed
Slippery DickHalichoeres bivittatusReported here · unconfirmed
Atlantic Blue TangAcanthurus coeruleusReported here · unconfirmed
SnapperSnapperReported here · unconfirmed
Napoleon (humphead) wrasseNapoleon (humphead) wrasseReported here · unconfirmed
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