Dive Review of Captain Hook’s/Key Colony Beach Motel in
The Continental USA/Florida Keys, Marathon

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Captain Hook’s/Key Colony Beach Motel: "Four nice shallow dives at Marathon, Green turtle!", Jun, 2023, by Mary Adams, FL, US ( Top Contributor 31 reports with 13 Helpful votes). Report 12775.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food	N/A
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	After CoralPalooza on June 10, we stayed another day to dive Marathon, one of the Lower Keys. We used Captain Hook’s Marathon, on the Jolly Roger boat. We dived Sombrero Reef twice, different locations, and we dived Coffins Patch twice, a dusk and a night dive. All the dives were shallow, max depth was 24 feet. The visibility was mediocre for the day dives, but the light was good. We did fish surveys for REEF (Reef Environmental Education Foundation) at Sombrero and reported 37 species, including the big spectacular Blue, Midnight, Queen, and Rainbow parrotfishes. At Coffins Patch we did coral surveys for Florida’s SEAFAN BleachWatch citizen science program. We reported massive starlet corals (SSIG), mountainous star corals (OFAV), great star corals (MCAV), and boulder brain corals (CNAT) present and healthy, showing no signs of bleaching, paling, or disease. We saw a green sea turtle at Coffins Patch during the night dive. These were citizen science dives for REEF and for SEAFAN, providing us opportunities to contribute valuable data to decision-makers trying to manage the health of the Florida Reef Tract.
Websites	Captain Hook’s Key Colony Beach Motel
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Cuba, Bonaire, Cozumel, Florida Keys, Clearwater FL, Bimini, Saba-St. Eustatius, Roatan, Kona, North Carolina, Flower Garden Banks, Caymans, Palau, Chuuk, Jupiter Florida, Belize, Costa Rica, Turks and Caicos, Revillagigedo, St. Lucia, Solomon Islands, Fiji, Sea of Cortez, Florida Panhandle. Cocos.
Closest Airport	MIA	Getting There	You can fly to Key West, but IDK how that option works.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	calm, surge
Water Temp	83-85°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	10-50 Ft/ 3-15 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified]
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Terrible visibility but good daytime light for close-up photography.

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Dive Review of Captain Hook’s/Key Colony Beach Motel in The Continental USA/Florida Keys, Marathon

Captain Hook’s/Key Colony Beach Motel: "Four nice shallow dives at Marathon, Green turtle!", Jun, 2023,

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Dive Review of Captain Hook’s/Key Colony Beach Motel in
The Continental USA/Florida Keys, Marathon