Daily guided tours often stop here, offering valuable insight into the reef’s unique biodiversity. Positioned off Big Pine Key, Looe Key Reef forms part of the Florida Keys National Marine ...

The Lower Keys Underwater Music Festival, which also spotlighted eco-conscious diving, took place at Looe Key Reef, an area of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary located about 6 miles ...

Looe Key Reef, and Eastern Dry Rocks — to examine the reef-building corals planted by the Coral Restoration Foundation, Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium, and Reef Renewal. Map of the reefs ...

No live staghorn or elkhorn corals were observed at surveyed areas at Looe Key Reef in the lower Keys. There are a few caveats: The survey focused solely on corals that had been “outplanted ...