by Shayne Benowitz

Summertime in Key West… zero wind, stiflingly hot temperatures, and water flat as glass. Well, not this summer. It has been unseasonably windy, which cools down the thermometer, but also results in a choppy sea state. When the wind is blowing particularly strong from the south and it’s too bumpy in the Atlantic for enjoyable snorkeling, we have a Plan B and head west in the Gulf to the patch coral reef of Cottrell Key. (more…)