Dive Review of Lost Reef Adventures /Key Colony Beach in
The Continental USA/Florida Keys

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Lost Reef Adventures /Key Colony Beach : "CoralPalooza 2023", Jun, 2023, by Mary Adams, FL, US ( Top Contributor 31 reports with 13 Helpful votes). Report 12774.
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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	This was CoralPalooza 2023 day, which is Coral Restoration Foundation’s annual event to raise awareness of the condition of the Keys reef and to involve divers in restoration efforts. We watched the orientation online, then boarded Lost Reef’s Dream Cat boat for 3 dives. The first dive was planned to be in CRF’s Key West nursery, but the visibility was so bad that the CRF staff just dipped in to retrieve crates of acropora palmata coral fragments for out-planting. Then we moved to Eastern Dry Rocks dive site to plant the fragments. There were about 10 coral planters on the boat. The visibility was terrible at Eastern Dry Rocks too - less than 20 feet - but we were able to plant a few dozen fragments. We saw some big midnight and rainbow parrotfish, but we were busy planting, so likely missed some other fish. Then there was happy hour at a bar in Key West, where CRF staff reported on how many coral fragments were planted that day - more than 1800! There were about 200 Keys diver participants supported by a half-dozen Keys scuba charters. CRF also reported that there was a CoralPalooza event on the Great Barrier Reef that same day, which we all think is awesome. We highly recommend this CoralPalooza weekend to any divers who want to do something good for the Ocean.
Websites	Lost Reef Adventures Key Colony Beach
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,
Closest Airport	MIA	Getting There	Fly to Miami and rent a car for 2-hour drive to the lower Keys.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	calm
Water Temp	84-84°F / 29-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	10-25 Ft/ 3-8 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Coral planting at shallow depth. ]
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	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
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Our hands were too busy planting corals to manage cameras.

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Dive Review of Lost Reef Adventures /Key Colony Beach in The Continental USA/Florida Keys

Lost Reef Adventures /Key Colony Beach : "CoralPalooza 2023", Jun, 2023,

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Dive Review of Lost Reef Adventures /Key Colony Beach in
The Continental USA/Florida Keys