Weeki Wachee Spring

Scuba diving and snorkeling are permitted in the main spring area by reservation only and if accompanied by a park-authorized dive shop or organization

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What you'll see (19)

BluegillLepomis macrochirusseen 16× near here

SheepsheadArchosargus probatocephalusseen 15× near here

Sea MulletMugil cephalusseen 14× near here

Peninsular CooterPseudemys peninsularisseen 11× near here

Pond SliderTrachemys scriptaseen 9× near here

Florida Leatherleaf SlugLeidyula floridanaseen 5× near here

Common Snapping TurtleChelydra serpentinaseen 4× near here

Florida Red-bellied CooterPseudemys nelsoniseen 4× near here

Longnose GarLepisosteus osseusseen 4× near here

Atlantic Blue CrabCallinectes sapidusseen 3× near here

Gray SnapperLutjanus griseusseen 3× near here

Eastern MosquitofishGambusia holbrookiseen 3× near here

Eastern Musk TurtleSternotherus odoratusseen 2× near here

Common Box TurtleTerrapene carolinaseen 2× near here

Common SnookCentropomus undecimalisseen 2× near here

Florida Apple SnailPomacea paludosaseen 2× near here

Fighting ConchStrombus pugilisseen 2× near here

Banded Mystery SnailCallinina georgianaseen 2× near here

Spotted Eagle RayAetobatus narinariseen 1× near here

Planning a trip

8–12 days

worth going for

Long haul, usually two flights.

16,625km from Singapore — about 24h each way, so two of those days are travel. the only logged site in the area.

When people dive it

Busiest Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Dec.

From 1,530 logged sightings — when divers are in the water, which is not quite the same as when visibility is best.

Dive Crew is a dive group from Singapore. Members plan trips here, log their dives, and share their photos of each site.

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Moon and tides

Waning gibbous

71% lit · day 20 of the lunar month

Neap tides

Neap tides — the smallest range of the month, so the weakest currents. Easy conditions and usually the clearest water, though a drift site may barely drift.

New 10 Oct Full 26 Oct

Phase computed here, not fetched. This is the spring/neap cycle, which sets how hard the water moves — not a tide table: no free source publishes high and low water for Southeast Asian reefs, and the range peaks a day or two after the moon does, by an amount that varies with the coast. For times on the day, ask the operator.

Getting there

~33h 12m

door to water, each way · 4 legs

FlightMiami (MIA)~25h 6mFlight time plus the airports at both ends. A connection adds to it.Find flights →
Transferthe jetty~5h 36mRoad transfer to the coast, usually arranged by the resort or liveaboard.Directions →
Ferrythe crossing~2hAt this distance the last stretch is a scheduled crossing rather than a dive boat, so book it before the flight — a missed sailing usually costs a day. Which crossing it is has been worked out from the distance and not from a timetable; ask the operator.
Dive boatWeeki Wachee Spring~30 minThen the dive boat out from the island.

📍 Weeki Wachee Spring on Google Maps 🧭 Route from Miami

Times marked ~ are estimated from straight-line distance and will be roughly right at best. The road legs are the ones Google Maps answers properly; it will not plan the ferry or the dive boat at all. A dive site's coordinates put a pin in open water, so the map link drops you on the site, not on a jetty.

Details

Type: yes
Island: Monkey Island
Country: United States
Marks: 28°31.036'N 82°34.394'W
Position: 28.5173, -82.5732

Where it is

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Nearby

Sightings and photographs from iNaturalist contributors, research-grade records within 6km, under Creative Commons licences. Counts are what divers and snorkellers have bothered to log — a common fish with few records is common all the same.