Showing posts with label Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 21, 2019

NATIONAL SAFE BOATING WEEK - FLORIDA KEYS

Photo of Islamorada Sandbar: Matt McIntosh/NOAA

May 18-24 is National Safe Boating Week. It takes extra care to boat safely in the Florida Keys. Check out the NOAA On The Water page for information about a special Florida Keys boating course, Blue Star fishing and diving programs, how to use a mooring buoy, and more. Visit:

https://floridakeys.noaa.gov/onthewater/



For information on how to find your home or home-away-from home in the Florida Keys, visit:


https://americancaribbean.com/


Friday, November 16, 2018

CANNON FIND IN FLORIDA KEYS MAY BE PART OF BIGGER STORY



* Even in one of the world’s most-visited dive destinations, the ocean off the Florida Keys can reveal new discoveries.

* Hurricane Irma revealed a long-hidden cannon in the waters off Key Largo, the "Dive Capital of the World."

* The 18th-century cannon spotted in December 2017 is unquestionably authentic, Matthew Lawrence, maritime archaeologist with the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, confirmed after an underwater inspection Oct. 27 near Elbow Reef’s Hannah M. Bell shipwreck.

Read the full story at:

https://keysnews.com/article/story/cannon-find-may-be-part-of-bigger-story/?fbclid=IwAR3wQZ6aakQJyyxsUPbqKB9e5UwgY-iVS4RW6SQVE6LciWogrL60jGN6ck4


For information of Upper Keys dive sites visit the Kay Largo Chamber of Commerce at:

http://web.keylargochamber.org/DiveSnorkel

and

the Islamorada Chamber of Commerce at:

http://islamoradachamber.com/listings.cfm?cat=27&mcat=4#.W-81SThKgdV

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