Florida Keys & Key West: Big Pine Key & The Lower Keys

If you're weary of the overcrowded world, Big Pine Key & The Lower Keys is the place for you. Situated just past the famed Seven-Mile Bridge, where the Keys island chain takes a graceful westerly turn, this is a quiet region of small resorts, down-home restaurants, untrammeled wilderness and rich history.

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[FloridaKeysHomes]

The most beautiful place on earth.

[ikambor]

wow,, Tom Bernards voice,,, check out KQRS radio

[Michaelcooper4628]

I live on big pine do not do canoeing or hiking at night because of the mosquitoes

[DevilandTischer]

How lovely!

I´m going to go there in the holidays! =)

[wushumon88]

what camera was this filmed with, was it shot with a higher speed camera, or just the affect of slow motion applied to it. I want to get into this kind of filming

[GCar35]

Is this the voice of Tom Barnard, the radio personality for the Twin Cities KQ92 morning show? ;-)

[kevincrowe1]

hahahaha, just noticed the 420. I see we have more in common than just enjoying the marine environment :)

[kevincrowe1]

some big ole barracuda, parrotfish, and the typical coral reef array. Ask the charter (probably only cost you $20-$30 for the ride out) to dump you by "shark alley". It's a sand channel in the reef where some bigger boys pass through. Last time I went I saw;

-the biggest green moray in all my years of diving

-small goliath grouper (about 150 lbs)

-tons of barracuda

-eagle ray

-young black-tipped reef shark

-hawksbill turtle sleeping under a brain coral

all at Looe Key Reef. Enjoy, my friend

[kevincrowe1]

anytime, Greg. Yes, lobstering (when in season) is big in Big Pine Key. If you want the best snorkeling in the area, it is no doubt Looe Key Reef (about 8 miles out, if I recall). Most of the local diveshops take out divers and snorkelers, just stop in and ask them. Looe Key Reef is a spur and groove coral formation and probably one of the best in the entire Keys for snorkelers. Great vis, calm waters, abundant life, max depth only about 25 feet, etc. Some things you'll defintely see are..

[Gregman420]

Thank you Kevin! I'm certainly no certified diver, but I do enjoy my snorkeling. My oldest brother lives in Kendal, FL and I typically go to Florida every winter (I live in Michigan). In the past I'd stayed at Isla Marada and frequented the Holliday Isle resort, and theres a nice bit of coral in the back. I fell in love with the tiki bars and such :P On one of my ventures I met a guy who had gone and takend about 30 lobsters, he gave me lob tails and told me about an old legendary bullshark.