posted by admin on Aug 30
Summer brings bath-like water temperatures in the mid to high eighties, even warmer in the inshore waters in front of Key West. These Key West snorkeling pictures were taken during the last days of August.
In general in summertime, the bigger fish on the reef head out to deeper cooler waters. The fish you can count on for always being there in droves are mangrove snappers, and all kinds of colorful ornamental fish. Here you can see colorful yellow grunts and mangrove snappers, and the ever-present angel fish.
Note the sand dollar, too. These beautiful specimens are sand-burrowing urchins who should be left alone, no matter how tempting a souvenir they make.
The triggerfish is very curious, but also very careful. As you can see, he’s keeping an eye on the photographer but trying to camoflouge himself behind a rock. We call him a Jersey-style triggerfish because he’s not like the gray triggerfish usually seen out on the reef in Key West. He’s more colorful and a bit smaller.
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- Angel Fish
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- Grunts
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- Sand Dollar
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- Jersey-style Triggerfish
