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Overview
Bronze statue of Christ standing in 8 m of water on Dry Rocks reef in Key Largo, placed in 1965 and now coated in coral and sponges. Easy shallow dive popular with checkout courses and underwater photographers. Inside John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park.
What you'll see
3 species curated- year-roundFrench grunt
- year-roundSergeant major damsel
- year-roundYellowtail snapper
Sightings evidence
1 record on file- high confidenceFrench grunt
- Last confirmed
- May 2026
- Recent records
- 130 within 10 km
Sources & methodology
How we summarise this
We aggregate confirmed occurrence records from GBIF and OBIS within a fixed radius of each dive site. Occurrence records confirm presence and reveal seasonality clustering, but they DO NOT measure per-dive probability — there is no eligible-effort denominator. We deliberately do not publish a numeric '% chance of sighting' from this data.
Sources
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility — GBIF Secretariat
- Ocean Biodiversity Information System — IOC-UNESCO
- OBIS-SEAMAP — Duke University Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab / OBIS
- iNaturalist — California Academy of Sciences & National Geographic Society
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species — International Union for Conservation of Nature
- WoRMS — World Register of Marine Species — Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)
- FishBase — FishBase Consortium
- Atlas of Living Australia — CSIRO / GBIF Australia
- REEF Volunteer Fish Survey — Reef Environmental Education Foundation
Conditions
| Month | Water | Visibility | Current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 22–24 °C | 10–20 m | mild |
| Feb | 22–24 °C | 10–20 m | mild |
| Mar | 23–25 °C | 12–22 m | mild |
| Apr | 25–26 °C | 15–25 m | mild |
| May | 26–28 °C | 15–25 m | mild |
| Jun | 28–29 °C | 15–25 m | mild |
| Jul | 29–30 °C | 15–25 m | mild |
| Aug | 29–30 °C | 15–25 m | mild |
| Sep | 28–29 °C | 12–22 m | mild |
| Oct | 26–28 °C | 12–22 m | mild |
| Nov | 24–26 °C | 12–22 m | mild |
| Dec | 22–24 °C | 10–20 m | mild |
Season calendar
Peak season highlighted · current month outlined
Gear for this site
Beyond the basic kit- Underwater camera — Iconic photo subject — even smartphone housings deliver here.
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