Alexander Springs

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What you'll see (19)

Florida Red-bellied CooterPseudemys nelsoniseen 40× near here

BluegillLepomis macrochirusseen 27× near here

Peninsular CooterPseudemys peninsularisseen 22× near here

Seminole KillifishFundulus seminolisseen 13× near here

Redbreast SunfishLepomis auritusseen 12× near here

Coastal ShinerAlburnops petersoniseen 12× near here

Sailfin MollyPoecilia latipinnaseen 11× near here

Redear SunfishLepomis microlophusseen 10× near here

Florida Apple SnailPomacea paludosaseen 9× near here

Bluefin KillifishLucania goodeiseen 7× near here

Eastern Musk TurtleSternotherus odoratusseen 6× near here

Longnose GarLepisosteus osseusseen 6× near here

Metallic ShinerPteronotropis metallicusseen 5× near here

Sailfin CatfishesPterygoplichthysseen 4× near here

Eastern MosquitofishGambusia holbrookiseen 4× near here

Ironcolor ShinerAlburnops chalybaeusseen 4× near here

Ruddy BowfinAmia calvaseen 3× near here

Striped Mud TurtleKinosternon bauriiseen 2× near here

American EelAnguilla rostrataseen 2× near here

Planning a trip

8–12 days

worth going for

Long haul, usually two flights.

16,583km from Singapore — about 24h each way, so two of those days are travel. 3 dive sites within 25km.

When people dive it

Busiest Mar, Apr, May, Dec.

From 1,250 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 21m

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 45mRoad 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 boatAlexander Springs~30 minThen the dive boat out from the island.

📍 Alexander Springs 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
Country: United States
Marks: 29°4.878'N 81°34.553'W
Position: 29.0813, -81.5759

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.