Today — right on the edge — wave, wind and visibility.
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The verdict comes from seven water factors and hard safety gates — not ten tabs. Go or stay.
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Our own forecast engine — not a third-party widget. It weighs these water factors into one go-or-stay verdict for this coast; the 0–10 dial is that verdict, read out as a number.
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It all folds into a single 0–10 score and one verdict: go or stay.
A forecast, not a guarantee — the sea has the last word.
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Wind, wave and the swell windows — when to go and the best hours.
The day is picked above, in the hero. Here are that day's windows, the hour-by-hour map and the trends. Tap a window to break down the conditions.
Visibility and what drives it — post-storm clearing, river plume, temperature and the thermocline.
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See all spotsRelief and bottom type, tides, and the depths of each spot.
The models set the window. Whether you go in is read only at the water: count the sets, watch the surge on the entry. If in doubt, you don't get in.
Scouted entries, coloured by today. The colour is the sea state at the spot, not a guarantee: the wash and a slippery entry you judge on site.
⛔ Banned here
Open the seafloor mapWARNING: sister cutter to the Duane, lying on her side and deeper at 29 m. Also inside the spearfishing ban, and the Key Largo Management Area forbids even carrying a speargun.
Google MapsCameras, map and reference — to hand as you come up.
Check the cam BEFORE you leave. Foam, brown/green murk, or waves washing the entry rocks = No-go. At night/in fog the cam is useless — treat it as «unknown», NOT «green».
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transparency ~10 m · satellite, 2 days agosatellite estimate · may differ right at the shore
buoy Hollywood Beach, FL: 27.7° · wave 1.1 m/7 s · 38 min ago
WARNING: Coast Guard cutter sitting upright in 21 m and a world-class dive — but inside the Upper Keys spearfishing ban. Leave the gun ashore and bring a camera.
WARNING: a 155 m warship in 16 m — information zone only. Spearfishing is banned by statute in all state waters of the Upper Keys, from Long Key north to the Miami-Dade line.
Google MapsSOLO is the biggest risk: underwater you can black out from lack of oxygen silently and fatally, with no one around. Solo is never truly «safe». Below are the best weather windows; carry a buoy, tell someone your plan and exit time, and any doubt — don't go.
US spearfishing law is state-by-state. License, spearable species, powerhead rules and distances vary; federal sanctuaries (Gray's Reef, the Keys, Flower Garden Banks) ban spearfishing. Always confirm with the state agency and local ordinances.
Spearfishing in Key Largo is the Monroe County paradox. The town has warm, clear reef water and famous wrecks, yet it sits inside the Upper Keys no-spearing zone. Monroe County bans spearfishing from Long Key north to the Miami-Dade line, and that includes Key Largo. Spiegel Grove, Duane and Bibb are dive-only references here, not hunting marks. The lionfish licence exemption does not override the local ban; inside the zone, use hand-held nets only. For legal spearing, plan south of Long Key and then apply the Florida requirements: saltwater licence, free State Reef Fish Angler designation for reef fish, legal species, flag rules, no powerheads and no rebreathers.
The honest Key Largo spots table is a no-spearing table. These wrecks define Upper Keys diving, but each carries a hard no-take flag for spearing. No formal safety rating is published for the marks; the useful facts are wreck type, depth and the Monroe Upper Keys ban.
| Spot | Type | Depth | Level | Access | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spiegel Grove | Wreck | 16 m | Hard no-take for spearing | Upper Keys wreck reference | A 510-ft warship and a major dive site. In this Monroe County zone it is dive-only, not a spearfishing mark. |
| Duane | Wreck | 21 m | Hard no-take for spearing | Upper Keys wreck reference | The upright USCG cutter is inside the same Upper Keys spear ban. Treat it as a look-only wreck. |
| Bibb | Wreck | 29 m | Hard no-take for spearing | Upper Keys wreck reference | A deeper cutter on its side. The local rule does not change with depth: no spearing here. |
No. Key Largo falls inside the Monroe County no-spearing corridor from Long Key north to the Miami-Dade line. The rule is not just a park footnote or a John Pennekamp question. It covers the Upper Keys area named in the rule, and the local wrecks carry hard no-take flags for spearing. The lionfish carve-out is narrow: it does not override the ban, and inside the zone the method is hand-held nets.
Monroe County draws a line that turns Key Largo into a dive and observation base rather than a spearfishing base. The rule names Long Key north to the Miami-Dade line, including Key Largo. Legal Florida species such as sheepshead, snapper, hogfish, cobia or flounder do not help if the local place is closed to the gear.
Do not use Key Largo sanctuary water as a workaround. Federal sanctuaries, including the Keys, can ban spearfishing, and the Monroe County rule already shuts down Key Largo. If the mark is in the Key Largo / Upper Keys corridor, do not bring a speargun for hunting. Dive it, shoot photos, or use legal hand-held nets for lionfish where that method is allowed.
For legal Florida spearfishing outside the Key Largo ban, yes: Florida requires a saltwater licence, and reef fish require the free State Reef Fish Angler designation. Florida also bars powerheads and rebreathers for spearfishing. Spiny lobster and stone crab are hand-take only. Off-limits species include snook, red drum, spotted seatrout, tarpon, bonefish, pompano, goliath and Nassau grouper, billfish, sharks, rays and ornamental reef families.
Key Largo often has warm, clear reef water, and a 2-3 mm suit is usually enough. But good visibility does not open a closed area. The underwater reef cam was offline or intermittent at the last check, so treat it as a source page rather than a guaranteed live feed. Use the water read for diving choices; use the Monroe County boundary for the spearfishing decision.
No. Key Largo is inside Monroe County's Upper Keys no-spearing zone from Long Key north to the Miami-Dade line.
The local rule closes the Long Key to Miami-Dade corridor, including Key Largo. These wrecks are dive-only for this purpose.
Legal spearing starts south of Long Key, subject to normal Florida licence, species and gear rules.
No workaround is given. Treat Key Largo and Keys sanctuary water as closed to spearfishing unless the current authority explicitly says otherwise.
Key Largo is known for warm, clear reef water, but the listed underwater cam was offline or intermittent at last check.
Yes. Legal Florida saltwater spearfishing requires a saltwater licence, and reef fish require the free State Reef Fish Angler designation.
The lionfish licence exemption does not override the Upper Keys ban. In Key Largo, the allowed method stated is hand-held nets only.
No. Florida rules ban powerheads, and rebreathers are illegal for spearfishing in Florida.
Sargassum: in seasonshore washups possibleAFAI satellite, 2026-10-24 · NOAA/USF
