• Purple, yellow, gold and orange sponges and soft corals wave against a turquioise sea.

    Biscayne

    National Park Florida

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Mooring Buoy Locations

Name
Depth (ft)		 Latitude
Longitude		 Remarks
Anniversary Reef
8 - 12		 25 23.295 N
80 09.864 W		 Thick finger coral
(Porites porites)
Bache Shoal
5 - 15		 25 29.111 N
80 08.908 W		 Head corals: boulder
coral (Montastrea), brain coral (Colpophyllia)
Bache Shoal
5 - 15		 25 29.110 N
80 08.957 W		 Head corals: boulder
coral (Montastrea), brain coral (Colpophyllia)
Bache Shoal
5 - 15		 25 29.093 N
80 08.940 W		 Head corals: boulder
coral (Montastrea), brain coral (Colpophyllia)

Ball Buoy Reef
8 - 18

 25 19.097 N
80 11.059 W

Elkhorn
(Acropora palmata)
Ball Buoy Reef
10 - 20		 25 18.966 N
80 11.290 W		 Elkhorn
(Acropora palmata)
Ball Buoy Reef
10 - 20		 25 18.929 N
80 11.245 W		 Elkhorn
(Acropora palmata)
Elkhorn Reef
6 - 12		 25 21.777 N
80 09.952 W		 Elkhorn, thick finger coral
Lugano wreck
20 - 25		 25 26.681 N
80 07.153 W		 1913 wreck debris
Lugano wreck
15 - 25		 25 26.651 N
80 07.179 W		 1913 wreck debris
Lugano wreck
15 - 20		 25 26.621 N
80 07.185 W		 1913 wreck debris
Mandalay wreck
8 - 12		 25 26.524 N
80 07.313 W

1966 wreck debris
great for photography
Pacific Reef
18 - 22		 25 22.197 N
80 08.349 W		 Hardbottom community
Rocky Reef
20 - 30		 25 20.077 N
80 09.707 W		 U-shaped patch reef, ledge on north end, good for night dives
Rocky Reef
20 - 30		 25 20.039 N
80 09.688 W		 U-shaped patch reef, ledge on north end, good for night dives
"Schooner" wreck
6 - 12		 25 23.937 N
80 09.655 W		 Ballast pile of an 18th century sailing vessel
"Schooner" wreck
6 - 12		 25 23.924 N
80 09.651 W		 Ballast pile of an 18th century sailing vessel
Shark Reef
10 - 20		 25 20.364 N
80 09.944 W		 Nice variety of corals
Shark Reef
10 - 20		 25 20.290 N
80 10.064 W		 Nice variety of corals
The Drop
45 - 80		 25 21.967 N
80 08.261 W		 Spur & groove, large sponges, mini wall dive
The Drop
45 - 80		 25 21.950 N
80 08.251 W		 Spur & groove, large sponges, mini wall dive
Triumph
15 - 20		 25 28.599 N
80 06.678 W		 Hardbottom
Triumph
20 - 25		 25 28.326 N
80 06.699 W		 Hardbottom
 
All mooring buoys are through-line 18 inch white plastic buoys with a blue refelective line. Moor by passing a deck line through the tag line attached to the buoy. Approach the mooring buoys with caution and use an appropriate amount of scope. Mooring buoy use is limited to four hours by any one boat.

Did You Know?

Kids discover small wonders with a park ranger.

For over 30 years, Biscayne National Park has been providing 3-day, 2-night residential camping programs for school groups on one of the park's islands. All equipment and boat transportation are provided free of charge. More...