Things to do in Key West Archive

  • USS Coast Guard Cutter Ingham

    USS Coast Guard Cutter Ingham

    USS Coast Guard Cutter Ingham is part of the Key West Floating Maritime Museum.  It’s located at the Truman Waterfront and also includes the USS Mohawk.  For a short time before its sinking, the USS Vandenberg was also docked here while it was prepared and...

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  • The View from White Street Pier

    The View from White Street Pier

    White Street Pier is a great walk, any day.  You can stroll out the edge and gaze south over the Atlantic Ocean, or you can look back on the beaches and condos that line water’s edge.  You might see shrimpers heading out from Stock Island,...

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  • Smathers Beach Condos

    Smathers Beach Condos

    Smathers Beach offers the most convenient beach experience in Key West.  It’s easy to find, has plenty of parking, and offers shade, tables, and the widest stretch of sand on the island.  Located on the south side of the island, you can easily find this...

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    A Key West Video

    Scenes of Key West: Fishing for Mahi Mahi Mallory Square Sunset Celebration Shark Fishing Sunset Cruise Snorkeling Smathers Beach Jet Skiing Kiteboarding

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  • Green Sea Turtles

    Green Sea Turtles

    If you snorkel or dive in Key West waters, you might get to see a Green Sea Turtle.  Most of the turtles you see around here are this type, not Loggerhead turtles.  The easiest way to tell the difference is the prefrontal scales, which are...

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  • Spring Break 2010

    Spring Break 2010

    Spring Break 2010 – Smathers Beach is covered with bodies- from water’s edge to the cop-occupied dunes behind the sand, it’s mass people. So many bikinis- the kids not wearing bikinis or board shorts stick out like awkward guests wearing pajamas to a hip nightclub....

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  • The Vandenberg, 6 Mos. Later

    The Vandenberg, 6 Mos. Later

    It’s been just over six months since the USS Vandenberg was sunk.  Our artificial reef is coming along nicely- not everything is stark white any more, but covered in growth at this point.  We were out snorkeling and freediving recently, and the vis was about...

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  • Bubbles at Mallory Square Sunset Celebration

    Bubbles at Mallory Square Sunset Celebration

    This guy blows bubbles with a net draped between two large sticks.  He also makes bubbles with a long cord tied to two long sticks.  Really big, beautiful  bubbles!  His dog circles the crowd wearing short shorts and collects dollar bills.

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