John Pennekamp Coral Reef State ParkKey Largo, FL

Visibility is an estimate — wind, rain, tide & water alerts.

Getting in

Shore or boat access, walk in off the sand

Depth

5 to 45 ft

Who it suits

Suits beginners

Snorkeling

Snorkelable from the beach

Best conditions

Captains choose the day's reef by sea state, and the Christ of the Abyss site is only run when the water allows it. A wetsuit is worth having once the water drops below about 78 F.

Parking

The entry fee covers parking, and the park has 351 spaces. Admission runs $8 per vehicle plus a 50 cent per person county surcharge.

Protection

The offshore reefs sit inside the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Key Largo Dry Rocks and Grecian Rocks form a Sanctuary Preservation Area, with mooring buoys set around the reef that vessels must stay outside of.

On site

restrooms, rinse showers, parking lot, air fills nearby, gear rentals nearby, boat ramp

Watch for

The reefs sit 3 to 8 miles offshore and are boat-only. Rough seas move tours to a different reef or keep people out of the water, The bottom at Cannon Beach and Far Beach is rocky, so water shoes help, No lifeguards at the swimming beaches, Boats cutting across the Key Largo Dry Rocks preservation area rather than steering outside the mooring buoys can ground on shallow coral

Checked 2026-07-18. Sources: NOAA Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, Visit Florida, Coral Reef Park Company, the park concession.