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Sombrero Reef is about 4 miles off
Boot Key at the South end of Marathon and
is marked by several buoys and a 160 feet
tall lighthouse.  The Sombrero Key
Lighthouse was built in the 1850's and
was forecast by its building supervisor, US
Army Corps of Topographical Engineers,
Lieutenant George Gordon Meade, to last
for 200 years.  It is still fully functional and
in service.  

Sombrero Reef is your classic "spur and
groove" formation with large fingers of
hard coral, rimmed with sea fans and soft
corals separated by narrow sandy areas.  
You'll find yellowtail snappers, parrotfish,
squirrelfish, nurse sharks and stingrays
all around the reef.  The best dive area is
South of the Lighthouse (oceanside).  

The depth ranges from 5 to 35 feet making
this dive site excellent for beginner to
advanced divers and also snorkelers.
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