Key Largo, Florida, USA
USS Spiegel Grove
A 155 m navy ship sunk off Key Largo, with barracuda and goliath groupers.
About the dive
USS Spiegel Grove is an advanced to expert dive site in Key Largo, Florida, USA. It is a wreck dive. Divers have logged 6,133 dives here, going to 30 m on average in around 16 m of visibility. 17 species are recorded here month by month; the most sighted are barracudas, caribbean reef shark and groupers. Sightings peak in January, April and May.
- Level
- Advanced–Expert
- Entry
- Boat
- Avg. max depth
- 30 m
- Visibility
- 16 m
- Dive time
- 33 min
- Logged dives
- 6,133
- Busiest months
- Jan · Apr · May
- Region
- Floridian
Most sighted here
BarracudasPhoto: Wouter Naert · CC0
GroupersPhoto: Pixabay · CC0
AngelfishPhoto: Pauline Walsh Jacobson · CC BY
Oceanic Blacktip Shark
What you’ll see, month by month
The most-sighted species at USS Spiegel Grove 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barracudas | ||||||||||||
| Caribbean Reef Shark | ||||||||||||
| Groupers | ||||||||||||
| Angelfish | ||||||||||||
| Oceanic Blacktip Shark | ||||||||||||
| Parrotfish | ||||||||||||
| Butterflyfish | ||||||||||||
| Snappers | ||||||||||||
| Jacks | ||||||||||||
| Damselfish | ||||||||||||
| Lionfish | ||||||||||||
| Grunts | ||||||||||||
| Trumpetfish | ||||||||||||
| Surgeonfish | ||||||||||||
| Moray eels | ||||||||||||
| Nurse shark |
The wreck
This site is home to the wreck of the USS Spiegel Grove. Its full story, chapters and photos are in the app.
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