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French Reef
Florida Keysreef coral reef in the Florida Keys, US
Coordinates 25.03528, -80.34944 (from Wikidata Q5501896, 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. 20,756 qualifying records in total. See the records on GBIF.
- Pterois volitans (3)
- Pterois volitans (2)
- Pterois volitans (2)
- Pterois volitans (2)
- blushing star coral (Stephanocoenia intersepta) (2)
- massive starlet coral (Siderastrea siderea) (1)
- lesser starlet coral (Siderastrea radians) (1)
- ten-ray star coral (Madracis decactis) (1)
- great star coral (Montastraea cavernosa) (1)
- fairy basslet (Gramma loreto) (1)
- Bipinnate Sea Feather (Antillogorgia bipinnata) (1)
- Antillogorgia elisabethae (1)
- Pterois volitans (1)
Most-recorded species here (all months)
- bluehead (Thalassoma bifasciatum) (1,327)
- bicolor damselfish (Stegastes partitus) (1,203)
- redband parrotfish (Sparisoma aurofrenatum) (1,106)
- striped parrotfish (Scarus iseri) (953)
- Ocyurus chrysurus (863)
- yellowhead wrasse (Halichoeres garnoti) (813)
- Barber (Acanthurus bahianus) (781)
- clown wrasse (Halichoeres maculipinna) (663)
- Blue Tang (Acanthurus coeruleus) (660)
- stoplight parrotfish (Sparisoma viride) (597)
- slippery dick (Halichoeres bivittatus) (508)
- blue chromis (Chromis cyanea) (497)
- French grunt (Haemulon flavolineatum) (434)
- Sergeant Major (Abudefduf saxatilis) (397)
- Haemulon plumierii (382)
- masked goby (Coryphopterus personatus) (378)
- creole wrasse (Clepticus parrae) (339)
- brown chromis (Chromis multilineata) (333)
- Haemulon sciurus (314)
- bridled goby (Coryphopterus glaucofraenum) (306)
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 61 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=25.02528,25.04528&decimalLongitude=-80.35944,-80.33944&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: 20,633, CC_BY_4_0: 123. Contributing datasets (top 15):
- Florida Keys Reef Visual Census 2012 — doi:10.15468/vnvtmr (1,673 records) — GBIF dataset page
- Florida Keys Reef Visual Census 2009 — doi:10.15468/tnn5ra (1,653 records) — GBIF dataset page
- National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Assessment of fish communities in the Florida Keys during 2016 — doi:10.15468/nzvpq2 (1,550 records) — GBIF dataset page
- Florida Keys Reef Visual Census 2011 — doi:10.15468/06aqle (1,410 records) — GBIF dataset page
- Florida Keys Reef Visual Census 2004 — doi:10.15468/nuqkih (1,317 records) — GBIF dataset page
- National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Assessment of fish communities in the Florida Keys during 2018 — doi:10.15468/ejufy4 (1,312 records) — GBIF dataset page
- Florida Keys Reef Visual Census 2007 — doi:10.15468/dfyb57 (1,233 records) — GBIF dataset page
- Florida Keys Reef Visual Census 2005 — doi:10.15468/zq1ep2 (1,207 records) — GBIF dataset page
- National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Assessment of fish communities in the Florida Keys during 2014 — doi:10.15468/jbl2rv (1,206 records) — GBIF dataset page
- Florida Keys Reef Visual Census 2001 — doi:10.15468/t0r3vt (995 records) — GBIF dataset page
- Florida Keys Reef Visual Census 1994 — doi:10.15468/rdkfyf (852 records) — GBIF dataset page
- Florida Keys Reef Visual Census 2010 — doi:10.15468/6chrsz (845 records) — GBIF dataset page
- Florida Keys Reef Visual Census 2008 — doi:10.15468/7zofww (844 records) — GBIF dataset page
- Florida Keys Reef Visual Census 2002 — doi:10.15468/pcikkj (768 records) — GBIF dataset page
- Florida Keys Reef Visual Census 1997 — doi:10.15468/419say (630 records) — GBIF dataset page