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Conch Reef
Florida Keysreef coral reef in the Florida Keys, US
Coordinates 24.95306, -80.45833 (from Wikidata Q5158606, CC0). Wikidata coordinates may mark a reef, park or wreck in general, not a mooring buoy or entry point. · Wikipedia
What you might see, by month
Counts of species records within about 1 km of this point, from GBIF.org, filtered to CC0 and CC BY 4.0 licenses only (land animals and birds excluded). These come from survey effort, so more records do not mean more animals. They are not a sighting forecast. 23,279 qualifying records in total. See the records on GBIF.
- No qualifying records
- Pagurus provenzanoi (1)
- red reef hermit (Paguristes cadenati) (1)
- brown snapping shrimp (Alpheus armatus) (1)
- Pterois volitans (1)
- banded coral shrimp (Stenopus hispidus) (1)
- Pederson cleaner shrimp (Ancylomenes pedersoni) (1)
- No qualifying records
- massive starlet coral (Siderastrea siderea) (4)
- blushing star coral (Stephanocoenia intersepta) (4)
- lettuce coral (Agaricia agaricites) (3)
- mustard hill coral (Porites astreoides) (3)
- fragile saucer coral (Agaricia fragilis) (2)
- lesser starlet coral (Siderastrea radians) (2)
- massive starlet coral (Siderastrea siderea) (2)
- lettuce coral (Agaricia agaricites) (2)
- fragile saucer coral (Agaricia fragilis) (1)
- ten-ray star coral (Madracis decactis) (1)
- great star coral (Montastraea cavernosa) (1)
- knobby cactus coral (Mycetophyllia aliciae) (1)
- massive starlet coral (Siderastrea siderea) (7)
- lettuce coral (Agaricia agaricites) (6)
- blushing star coral (Stephanocoenia intersepta) (6)
- mustard hill coral (Porites astreoides) (4)
- fragile saucer coral (Agaricia fragilis) (3)
- great star coral (Montastraea cavernosa) (3)
Most-recorded species here (all months)
- bluehead (Thalassoma bifasciatum) (1,505)
- bicolor damselfish (Stegastes partitus) (1,328)
- redband parrotfish (Sparisoma aurofrenatum) (1,237)
- yellowhead wrasse (Halichoeres garnoti) (1,152)
- striped parrotfish (Scarus iseri) (1,003)
- Barber (Acanthurus bahianus) (847)
- clown wrasse (Halichoeres maculipinna) (821)
- Blue Tang (Acanthurus coeruleus) (799)
- slippery dick (Halichoeres bivittatus) (673)
- Haemulon plumierii (615)
- Ocyurus chrysurus (584)
- stoplight parrotfish (Sparisoma viride) (579)
- French grunt (Haemulon flavolineatum) (539)
- Haemulon sciurus (408)
- Sergeant Major (Abudefduf saxatilis) (389)
- bridled goby (Coryphopterus glaucofraenum) (386)
- brown chromis (Chromis multilineata) (384)
- blue chromis (Chromis cyanea) (379)
- Doctorfish (Acanthurus chirurgus) (357)
- Princess parrotfish (Scarus taeniopterus) (303)
Reef heat stress: Florida Keys region
NOAA Coral Reef Watch 5 km regional virtual station Florida Keys. This covers the whole region, not this exact site. Latest value at build time (2026-10-12):
| Bleaching alert level (7-day max) | Bleaching Watch |
|---|---|
| Degree Heating Weeks | 16.7671 °C-weeks |
| SST range | 29.73–30.58 °C |
Values refresh from NOAA when the page loads. Source: NOAA CRW virtual station: Florida Keys (data, method). Credit: NOAA Coral Reef Watch.
Conditions links
- NWS forecast for this point (National Weather Service; marine forecast for offshore points)
- Nearest NDBC station: LONF1, Long Key, FL, about 46 km away. Buoy readings are measured, not forecast.
- NWS Key West / NWS Miami marine forecasts
Depths, entry details and mooring info aren't listed yet because we haven't verified them from a citable source.
Data citation
GBIF.org (2026-10-14) GBIF Occurrence Data, queried via the GBIF API: https://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/search?decimalLatitude=24.94306,24.963060000000002&decimalLongitude=-80.46833000000001,-80.44833&license=CC0_1_0&license=CC_BY_4_0&taxonKey=44&taxonKey=206&taxonKey=229&taxonKey=136&taxonKey=225&occurrenceStatus=PRESENT&limit=0. Records by license: CC0_1_0: 23,117, CC_BY_4_0: 162. Contributing datasets (top 15):
- Florida Keys Reef Visual Census 2001 — doi:10.15468/t0r3vt (3,087 records) — GBIF dataset page
- National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Assessment of fish communities in the Florida Keys during 2016 — doi:10.15468/nzvpq2 (2,339 records) — GBIF dataset page
- Florida Keys Reef Visual Census 2012 — doi:10.15468/vnvtmr (1,587 records) — GBIF dataset page
- Florida Keys Reef Visual Census 2011 — doi:10.15468/06aqle (1,493 records) — GBIF dataset page
- Florida Keys Reef Visual Census 2006 — doi:10.15468/dple14 (1,379 records) — GBIF dataset page
- National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Assessment of fish communities in the Florida Keys during 2018 — doi:10.15468/ejufy4 (1,320 records) — GBIF dataset page
- National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Assessment of fish communities in the Florida Keys during 2014 — doi:10.15468/jbl2rv (1,304 records) — GBIF dataset page
- Florida Keys Reef Visual Census 2010 — doi:10.15468/6chrsz (980 records) — GBIF dataset page
- Florida Keys Reef Visual Census 2009 — doi:10.15468/tnn5ra (941 records) — GBIF dataset page
- Florida Keys Reef Visual Census 2007 — doi:10.15468/dfyb57 (856 records) — GBIF dataset page
- Florida Keys Reef Visual Census 1999 — doi:10.15468/dwxlan (798 records) — GBIF dataset page
- Florida Keys Reef Visual Census 2005 — doi:10.15468/zq1ep2 (777 records) — GBIF dataset page
- Florida Keys Reef Visual Census 2008 — doi:10.15468/7zofww (773 records) — GBIF dataset page
- Florida Keys Reef Visual Census 2002 — doi:10.15468/pcikkj (761 records) — GBIF dataset page
- Florida Keys Reef Visual Census 2000 — doi:10.15468/1pyhh5 (682 records) — GBIF dataset page