The Florida Keys, also called the American Caribbean are made up of approximately 1,700 islands
most of which are uninhabited. The islands, or Keys, that are populated are connected by 42 bridges
and stretch some 126 miles from the mainland to the last Key, Key West.

The Florida Keys reef system is the only living coral barrier reef in North America and is the 3rd
largest coral barrier reef in the world. The Florida Keys reef is located from 1 mile to 8 miles offshore
and extends about 221 miles down the coast of South Florida and the Florida Keys from Key
Biscayne (near Miami) to the Dry Tortugas, 70 miles west of Key West. Because the reef protects the
shores of the Florida Keys from the Atlantic surf, the Florida Keys have very few beaches and some
are man-made.

The turquoise-blue waters surrounding the Florida Keys and Key West provide outstanding world-
class flats fishing, back country fishing, deep-sea fishing, scuba diving and snorkeling, sailing and
other water related activities and makes the Florida Keys and Key West one of the world’s most
popular vacation destinations.

The Florida Keys are located between the Atlanta ocean and the Gulf of Mexico and the Florida Bay
in the upper Florida Keys and contains more species of fish than anywhere else in the Atlantic
making the Florida Keys a Fisherman's Dream!! The warm gulf stream current runs just off the coast
of the Florida Keys and creates a path for migrating species of fish. You can catch a number of
different fish in every month of the year in the Florida Keys.

Wherever you go fishing in the Florida Keys, you can use an array of different fishing techniques, each
guaranteed to please any angler - novice or master. Spend the day deep-sea fishing on one of the
three humps located off shore, spend a half day offshore fishing aboard a party boat or if the seas are
rough or you'd just rather have a more relaxing day, spend it in the back country flats fishing.

Scuba divers come from around the world to enjoy the Florida Keys reef system. Since 1990, the
Florida Keys reef system has been protected by the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.
Not only do we offer outstanding reef diving, but the Florida Keys are home to a wide variety of artificial
reefs for wreck diving.