Key Largo, Florida, USA
Christ of the Abyss
The bronze Christ statue standing on the reef in shallow water.
About the dive
Christ of the Abyss is a beginner-friendly dive site in Key Largo, Florida, USA. It is a reef dive. Divers have logged 3,070 dives here, going to 10 m on average in around 14 m of visibility. 19 species are recorded here month by month; the most sighted are parrotfish, barracudas and angelfish. Sightings peak in June, July and September.
- Level
- Beginner
- Entry
- Boat
- Avg. max depth
- 10 m
- Visibility
- 14 m
- Dive time
- 45 min
- Logged dives
- 3,070
- Busiest months
- Jun · Jul · Sep
- Region
- Floridian
Most sighted here
ParrotfishPhoto: Jeffry Surianto · CC0
BarracudasPhoto: Wouter Naert · CC0
AngelfishPhoto: Pauline Walsh Jacobson · CC BY
GroupersPhoto: Pixabay · CC0
What you’ll see, month by month
The most-sighted species at Christ of the Abyss and the months they are logged. The brighter the cell, the more sightings.
| January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | |
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| Parrotfish | ||||||||||||
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| Angelfish | ||||||||||||
| Groupers | ||||||||||||
| Stingrays | ||||||||||||
| Butterflyfish | ||||||||||||
| Moray eels | ||||||||||||
| Trumpetfish | ||||||||||||
| Grunts | ||||||||||||
| Nurse shark | ||||||||||||
| Damselfish | ||||||||||||
| Snappers | ||||||||||||
| Surgeonfish | ||||||||||||
| Spiny Lobster | ||||||||||||
| Pufferfish | ||||||||||||
| Goatfish |
Dive centers nearby
3 dive centers within 10 km. The closest:
- Silent World8.9 km
- Horizon Divers9.6 km
- Horizon Divers9.6 km
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