Easily accessible by boaters, this half-mile square inshore patch reef is just off Little Palm Island and partially within the Coupon Bight Aquatic Preserve.
It has some of the best boulder corals in the Keys as well as star corals and giant brain corals, all in depths of 18 feet or less. Angelfish, butterflyfish, surgeon fish, damsels, wrasses, grunts, snappers, and parrotfish mix with the occasional grouper.
Winter northeasterly winds produce the most favorable visibility at Newfound Harbor. Unfortunately, you will notice many coral heads are damaged by boaters who are unfamiliar with the shallow reefs and have run aground navigating into the harbor from Hawk Channel. This is the only inshore patch reef protected by a SPA in the Lower Keys.
Special regulations apply here. Learn more about what activities are allowed in this type of zone.