Sight · Biscayne National Park
A shallow-water reef stop with a designated boat mooring.
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Biscayne Tour Guide
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Guide
Tracy Reef is a named offshore reef in Biscayne's visitor mooring network. You reach it by boat; the listed position, 25.4828, -80.140933, marks the mooring rather than the reef's full outline, so use it as an access pin.
The mooring has a charted depth of 10 feet. Check tide predictions and nautical charts for your approach, idle in, and watch for swimmers and snorkelers. The mooring is intended for boats up to 45 feet, with a four-hour limit per boat; don't anchor within 300 feet of it.
The park's mooring buoys are white plastic balls about 18 inches across, giving boats a tie-up point without putting anchor gear over coral. A buoy can be damaged or missing, so have an alternate plan. The listed depth is for the mooring, not the reef surface, and it doesn't promise any particular underwater visibility.
Wildlife
201 sightingsWest Indian ManateeMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
154 sightingsAmerican CrocodileMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
15 sightingsBurmese PythonMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
17 sightingsTamanend's Bottlenose DolphinMost seen around 7 PMSighting map
23 sightingsBald EagleMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
146 sightingsGreat BarracudaMost seen around 6 PMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Biscayne. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
Keep exploring
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ModerateSpite Highway Trail15.8 mi · 7.5 hr · 3.8 mi awayA bulldozed highway cut now shelters a tunnel of tropical forest.
EasyElliott Key Nature Trail1 mi · 45 min · 3.9 mi awayA short island walk from hammock shade to Atlantic boardwalk
Sight · 0.5 mi awayBache ShoalAn offshore reef stop for snorkeling and shallow-water diving.
Sight · 1.9 mi awayTriumph ReefA boat-only reef with shallow and deeper mooring stops.
Sight · 3 mi awayLong ReefA boat ride leads to a drift across coral ridges.
Sight · 3 mi awayLugano WreckA 1913 steamer wreck for divers exploring Long Reef.
Sight · 3.1 mi awayMandalay WreckA luxury cruise schooner now rests as a shallow snorkel wreck.
Campground · 3.5 mi awayBoca Chita Key CampgroundRustic boat-in camping by a landmark lighthouse and island trail.
Sight · 3.6 mi awayBoca Chita KeyA 1930s lighthouse getaway worth making a day of by boat.
Sight · 3.9 mi awayStar ReefThree moorings mark reef water from 16 to 57 feet.Parkwolf’s Biscayne ranking
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