Our first dive was off Cotton Key in 6' of water over a very soft sandy bottom. We saw lots of grasses and some fish. Mostly we enjoyed just cooling off.
Our next stop was the curiously named Hen and Chickens reef. Quoting from divespots.com:
Giant Christmas tree and brain corals dominate the underwater landscape. Some coral heads are over 15 feet tall. This is a prolific area of corals that almost creates a labyrinth for divers to explore. Even though it's shallow, no divers ever regret visiting. Hen & Chickens is one of the most unique reefs in all of the Florida Keys.
John gets the 'Cool Customer of the Day' award after calmly announcing, once we're all safely back in the dinghy, that he saw a 7' shark exploring the bottom of the reef. Yikes!
Safely back in the anchorage off Islamorada after 13nm of reef hopping which brings our total to 290nm for the trip. DBH
