Florida Keys
National Marine Sanctuary
Multimedia Gallery

Paddle through mysterious mangroves, dive above coral reefs, and cast your fishing line in this popular destination.

Northeast and Great Lakes Region

Mallows Bay-Potomac River Monitor Stellwagen Bank Thunder Bay

West Coast Region

Channel Islands Cordell Bank Greater Farallones Monterey Bay Olympic Coast

Pacific Islands Region

American Samoa Hawaii Humpback Whale Papahānaumokuākea

Southeast Region

Florida Keys Flower Garden Banks Gray's Reef
waves crash against rocks on a rocky coast

Climate Change in your Sanctuaries
A scuba diver tends to corals

Steward Spotlight: Lonny Anderson
A jellyfish in merky water

Mangrove Jellyfish
close-up on seagrass

Seagrass
horeshoe crabs on a beach

Horseshoe Crabs
A long skinny fish

Needlefish in Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
A coral head

Mission: Iconic Reefs
turtles climbing on floating branches

Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Wildlife Management Areas
Two kayakers seen from above

Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Community Involvement
Waves crashing near a lighthouse

Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Restoration Blueprint
A reef squid

Reef Squid
a sea tutrtle picking up a tool

Sea Turtle Tries to Steal Tools in Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
a line of birds in water

Tidal Flats in Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
a giant grouper swimming

Goliath Grouper in Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
a jellyfish gliding through the water

Restoring Shallow Bank Habitats in Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
piece of wreckage from the slobodna

Diving the Wreck of Slobodna in Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
two divers preforming fish surgery

Scientific Collaboration in Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
divers examing the reef

NOAA and Partners Assess Reef, Aid Recovery Following Hurricane Irma
octopus

Common Octopus
woman canoning by a mangrove forest

Mangroves
three sanctuaries employees on the deck of a boat taking photos

Florida Keys Mangroves
photo of a school of colorful fish

Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
photo of diver holding up a sign

Get Into Your Sanctuary: Blue Star
will benson with his son driving a boat

Will Benson
bruce popham

Bruce Popham
photo of a diver and a buoy

Florida Keys Buoy Team
photo of woman fishing

Nathaniel Linville
diver transplants corals

Coral Restoration
A statue underwater

Christ of the Abyss
A coral reef

Cheeca Rocks Sanctuary Preservation Area
Divers tend to a coral nursery

Coral Nursery
underwater equipment for reef research

Aquarius Reef Base
underwater equipment for reef research

Aquarius Reef Base
underwater equipment for reef research

Benwood Wreck